( 1 ) HARDLY a few hundred yards away from the Tis Hazari Courts there is a single storeyed bungalow. It is the official residence of an Additional District and Sessions Judge. He lives there with his family. J. P. Singh is his name. Beyond that house, but at some distance, is the St. Stephens Hospital. It appears that the land underneath the bungalow has been allotted to the hospital for its expansion though there was a long standing demand for its being made a part of court complex. The matter is before the High Court and it appears that an order to maintain status quo is in operation. This should have kept the peace. However, it did not.

( 2 ) IT happened on the night of August 24. The Registrar came to know about it the same very night but for reasons best known to him, informed the Chief Justice about it on the 25th. The lesser mortals came to know on the morning of the 26th only and that too through the media. The news item was with regard to an attack on the person of Mr. Singh and his wife by some staffers of the St. Stephens hospital. This led to my order of the 26th calling upon the Commissioner of Police, the District and Sessions Judge and the Registrar