SC raps Allahabad HC for 'cyclostyled' orders on bail cancellation pleas

In a scathing order, the Supreme Court chastised the Allahabad High Court for passing "cyclostyled template orders" for last two years in at least 40 pleas for cancellation of bail by asking complainants to seek remedy under the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018.

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"We have come across a catena of orders from the Allahabad High Court proceeding on an incorrect assumption of the law, more particularly that the Witness Protection Scheme is a substitute for cancellation of bail. According to the High Court it is an alternative remedy," a bench comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Sandeep Mehta said.