CB-CID probe ordered into 55 missing case files

Justice P N Prakash while coming down heavily on three advocates, who had filed three different accident claims for a single accident, took cognisance of a representation by an advocate S Thambi to the Registrar, Court of Small Causes, Chennai, alleging that the bundles in 55 MCOPs filed by him from 2012 to 2017 have gone missing.

“This is indeed ominous and signals the beginning of internecine war amongst the practitioners in the MCOP field. This blood money by ambulance chasers has now taken the ugly form of a Frankenstein’s monster and I am afraid that, it may, at any time, devour the entire judicial system, before which, we must press the alarm bell”, Justice Prakash said.

On directing the Inspector of Police, High Court Police Station to hand over the case diary in High Court within two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, the judge said, “The CB-CID (Metro) is directed to proceed further with the investigation to unravel the mystery of the missing bundles.”

After conducting a preliminary enquiry, the Registrar, Court of Small Causes, Chennai, has lodged a complaint with the High Court Police Station, based on which, a case was registered on June 07, 2017 against unknown accused. In the said FIR, the advocate has given a list of 55 cases, several of which are at the stage of trial. These case bundles are not available in the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Chennai, at all.

It may be noted that the CBCID probe comes a day after the Madras High Court ordered a CBI probe into the aspect of 100 cases files going missing from the residence of a retired high court judge.