Supreme Court orders registrar to lodge police complaint over fabrication of its order
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court has directed the court's registrar to lodge a police complaint after taking note of an internal inquiry report which said one of its orders, which was annexed with a pending petition, was fabricated.
A bench comprising justices A S Oka and Pankaj Mithal perused the report of the Registrar (Judicial Listing) and said it was "obvious" that the document purported to be a copy of an order of this court was "fabricated".
"Therefore, the Registrar (Judicial Listing) must set the criminal law in motion by lodging a complaint with the jurisdictional police station," the bench said on Tuesday.
It directed the officer in-charge of the police station concerned to submit a report to the court about the investigation within two months.
The court, which had earlier issued notices to the advocates concerned, noted, "Though notice was issued to Prity Mishra, advocate for examining her role, she has chosen not to appear before this court today."
It is for the police to examine the role allegedly played by the advocate, it said, adding the apex court registrar shall also submit a copy of its order along with the annexures to police.
The bench has fixed the case for considering the police report on December 1.
Earlier, the apex court had ordered an internal inquiry after noticing that two different orders, passed by the same bench in a matter, were filed with a petition.
"The first order is of dismissal and the second order is of allowing the SLP. We direct the Registrar (Judicial) to hold an inquiry into this aspect and submit a report to this court by September 20, 2023. If the Registrar (Judicial) finds that this is a case of fabrication of orders of this court, it follows that the criminal law will have to be set in motion," the bench had said in its August 22 order.
It had issued notices to lawyers concerned Mishra and Aftab Ali Khan and complainant Lokesh Madanmohan Agarwal.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
