Case delay: Madras HC apologises to Supreme Court

High Court Judge dismisses plea by IPS officer accused of extorting ₹3 crore

The Madras High Court has apologised to the Supreme Court for taking six years to dispose of a writ petition filed by an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer accused of extorting ₹3 crore from a woman involved in an economic offence and not keeping up the hope and trust that the apex court had reposed on the High Court in 2015 by expecting it to dispose of the case at the earliest.

Dismissing the writ petition now, Justice C.V. Karthikeyan wrote: “I must append a note of apology. The High Court had not kept up the hope and trust of the honourable Supreme Court. The matter was heard in full after more than six years (since the Supreme Court had directed the High Court to take a relook into the matter) and the controversy is hopefully disposed of by this order.”