New Delhi: Supreme Court on Thursday took note of the missing record of proceedings from the case files before it and directed its secretary general to hold a fact-finding inquiry into the matter.
While hearing a case related to a proposed tiger reserve in Goa, a bench of CJI Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi noted that its order dated September 8, 2025, in the matter was missing from the case file.
The bench observed it has become common for the record of proceedings to be missing from the paperbooks.
Adv Ayush Kashyap appeared for the State of Goa and the petition of the State of Goa was filed by Misha Rohatgi Mohta, AOR.
Adv Sivagnanam Karthikeyan appeared for Goa Foundation, and ASG Vikramjeet Banerjee for the MoEF&CC.
