The Delhi High Court has directed the Commissioner of Police to inquire into an alleged fabrication of a 2024 court order after finding that a version produced before it contained an additional paragraph granting an “interim stay” that was absent from the original order.
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the order on September 18, 2026, in Smt. Meena Devi and Anr. v. The State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) and Ors.
Background
The petition concerned alleged police inaction on a complaint relating to alleged fraud and forgery concerning a 175-square-yard property bearing Khasra No. 307 in the extended Lal Dora of Village Khera Khurd, Delhi. The petitioners had submitted a detailed complaint to the Commissioner of Police on September 7, 2026.
During the hearing, the petitioners brought to the Court’s attention an order dated November 19, 2024, passed in RSA 101/2024.
The High Court reproduced the actual 2024 order, which contained only three paragraphs. It directed that the matter be listed on January 14, 2025, and that the trial court record be requisitioned.
However, another version produced before the Court contained a fourth paragraph stating, “Interim stay granted.”
The Court observed:
“Some unknown person seems to have fabricated the order passed by this Court and added para. 4 containing the words ‘interim stay granted’. The said aspect requires to be investigated and appropriate action has to be taken.”
The Court granted the petitioners liberty to submit both versions of the order to the Registrar General for appropriate consideration. It also permitted them to submit a detailed representation to the Commissioner of Police.
The Commissioner of Police was directed to inquire into all aspects of the matter and take appropriate action in accordance with law within two months from receipt of the representation.
The petition was thereafter disposed of, with all rights and contentions of the parties left open.
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