If Courts Find Presence Of Govt Officers Necessary, They Should Be Allowed To Appear Virtually At First Instance : Supreme Court

In a recent development, the Supreme Court of India has issued a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) regarding the personal appearance of government officers in court proceedings. This SOP comes in response to a case involving The State of West Bengal as the petitioner and Ganesh Roy as the respondent, under Criminal Appeal No. [Case Number]. The core issue revolved around the direction issued by the High Court of Calcutta,…