Delhi Court asks Delhi Police to act against officials who "falsely" claimed they could not serve notice on SHO due to G20 Summit

A Delhi court has asked the Delhi Police to take action against its officials for falsely claiming that a notice in a criminal revision could not be served on a Station House Officer (SHO) due to the G20 Summit. [Nisha Oswal v. State & Anr].Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala on August 29 had issued notice to the SHO of Khajuri Khas police station.On September 6, the court was informed that the notice in the name of SHO was returned unserved with the report that “due to G-20 Summit this notice could not be served.”The Court said the “situation is very strange”, considering that the officials were able to serve notice to the concerned branch of the police station, but could not serve its own SHO.“Apparently, this is a false excuse being taken by the process server for not serving his own SHO with the notice along with documents,” the Court observed..The judge proceeded to refer the matter to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of the North-East district, who was asked to take note of such conduct by the concerned process server and other officials responsible "for making false report/excuse before the court.”The DCP was directed to take necessary steps or action against the erring officials..The Court also issued fresh notice to the SHO and listed the matter for hearing on September 23. .The order was directed to be sent to the DCP for compliance..Delhi is set to host the G-20 Summit on Saturday and Sunday at the Bharat Mandapam International Exhibition-Convention Centre. The Delhi Police has imposed various restrictions on traffic movement in the capital and advised the public to use metro services. .Advocate SK Parihar represented the petitioner in the main case. Advocate Dhananjay Rana represented the respondent..[Read Order]