New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Allahabad High Court order directing to take two IAS officers into custody for non-compliance with the court's directive and ordered to release them forthwith.
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud's direction came when Uttar Pradesh Government mentioned before the court the Allahabad HC order delivered on Wednesday.
On an urgent mentioning of the case by the Uttar Pradesh government, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud also stayed the order of the high court by which bailable warrants were issued to the chief secretary and additional chief secretary.
Allahabad HC order on Wednesday directed to take Shahid Manzar Abbas Rizvi, Secretary (Finance) U.P. Lucknow and Sarayu Prasad Mishra, Special Secretary (Finance) into custody for non-compliance with the court's directive to execute within a week a proposed rule to enlarge facilities for retired high court judges.
Uttar Pradesh Government moved against Allahabad HC order. Additional Solicitor General KM Natraj said that this is an unprecedented order. The court issued notice on the plea and ordered that UP government officers should be released forthwith.
The top court directed SC's Registrar judicial to inform the order of this court to Allahabad HC's registrar general for compliance forthwith. (with ANI inputs)
