Patna, Oct 25: A major scam, probably the first of its kind in the annals of Indian judiciary, involving forging of court documents by advocates and officials has been unearthed in the Patna High Court. Chief Justice R S Dhavan has ordered filing of a complaint with the Patna chief judicial magistrate against the offenders.
A major racket of re-filing of petitions allegedly by tampering with the documents was unearthed during a probe by registrar General S Mukherjee, who was instructed by a division bench of the court to investigate the discrepancies while hearing a writ petition on August eight.
Chief Justice R S Dhavan and Justice R N Prasad on october 22 directed the registrar general to file a criminal complaint in 70 cases of forgery of court documents in re-filing suits and bail applications committed over the last three years which he had detected during the course of investigation.

Sources in the registrar general's office said that the identification of such forged cases was still on and expressed apprehension the list might be even longer.
It all began when a division bench comprising Chief Justice Ravi S Dhawan and Justice R N Prasad while hearing a case relating to tax evasion on august eight was faced with strong objection by the government counsel to the matter being taken up for hearing for a second time when it had already been dismissed by a division bench comprising Justice Nagendra Rai and Justice R S Garg in the past.
On this, the judges ordered the registrar general to probe the issue and inquire if such irregularities had occurred in the past. Bureau Report