The public high drama of a district judge in Haridwar in 2018 rescuing a minor girl along with police and child welfare committee members and alleged torture by a judicial officer, resulting in the latter’s dismissal following an investigation by the Uttarakhand HC, led to an uproar in the Supreme Court on Monday.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi observed that the raids were ordered by the Registrar General of the HC on the basis of an anonymous complaint and subsequent investigation proceedings against the 2008-batch judicial officer were also initiated by the Registrar General without any direction from the HC CJ or the committee of judges entrusted with disciplinary powers. The bench upheld the HC’s judicial order quashing the investigation proceedings leading to imposition of huge fine against judicial officer Deepali Sharma and directed her reinstatement. It clarified that it had not investigated the merits of the allegations.