This document outlines a recent Supreme Court of India order regarding a severe case of delayed justice, where a criminal investigation has been stalled for nearly two decades. The case, Sahil Abdulsattar Mansuri versus Safimahamad Fafirbhai Mansuri, highlights the systemic failures that can occur when investigative records go missing.
The dispute originated in 2007 when the appellant’s father filed a complaint alleging that while he was away on a Haj pilgrimage in 2002, four individuals forged his signature to create a fake partition and sale deed for his property in Bhiloda Village. Although a forensic report later confirmed the forgery, the investigation repeatedly stalled. The situation worsened when the state police admitted that the original case papers and the detailed investigation report were lost in transit between the police station and the local magistrate’s court.
The Supreme Court, led by Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih, strongly condemned this two-decade delay, noting that the right to a speedy trial is a fundamental part of the Indian Constitution. The Court emphasized that losing active case records strikes at the very core of the criminal justice system. Consequently, the Court directed the State of Gujarat to conclude the investigation within six weeks and ordered them to file an affidavit detailing the disciplinary actions taken against the responsible officers.
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