The Supreme Court on Monday expressed surprise at the Delhi High Court registry classifying a petition filed under Article 227 read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) as 'criminal writ petition'. .A Bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Sandeep Mehta sought the response of the Registrar General of the Delhi High Court on this aspect."We are amazed to know that though the petition was filed under Article 227 read with Section 482 CRPC but was taken up as criminal writ petition, which on face of it appears to be incorrect as petition under Article 227/ Section 482, cannot be titled as criminal writ petition. Since the entire proceedings have already been quashed, we direct issuance of notice respondents as well as Registry General of Delhi High Court as to how such a petition filed under Article 227/482 was titled as criminal writ petition," the top court directed..The Court was hearing a plea filed against a Delhi High Court order by which the High Court had quashed a first information report (FIR). Story to be updated.
