Overview

• IIM Kozhikode alumnus Ravi Kumar filed a petition seeking FIR registration and prosecution of six sitting and former judges from the Delhi High Court and Central Administrative Tribunal over allegedly fabricated orders.
• A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi dismissed the plea as “scandalous” and a publicity stunt, challenging its factual and legal foundation.
• The court emphasized that judicial immunity bars criminal action against judges for their official judgments without clear statutory backing.
• Dr S. Muralidhar, former Orissa High Court chief justice, was appointed amicus curiae to examine the petition’s novel legal questions and review all case documents.
• All paperbooks were directed to be handed over to the amicus, and the bench adjourned the matter to a further hearing next week.