HC ‘no’ to petitions stained with saliva

‘ZUBAAN KESARI FILES’

- Vidhi Santosh Mehta

The Allahabad High Court has strongly condemned a shocking and unhygienic practice of officials and clerks using saliva to turn over pages of petitions and applications before placing them before the Court.

The order has sparked sharp reactions on social media.

The matter came to light on September 22 when Justice Shree Prakash Singh, while hearing an application under Section 482 CrPC at the Lucknow Bench, noted that more than ten petitions and applications presented that morning had “reddish colour saliva” marks on them.