India, Dec. 23 -- The Supreme Court has sought a report from the Punjab & Haryana high court on the action by a rent controller in Gurugram, who passed an eviction order in a case listed before another judge without giving notice to the affected tenant.

"In our view, in a rent matter when the judge is on leave, passing an order by the In-charge judge on merits without notice prima facie is not tenable," said a bench of justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi in an order passed on December 17.

The court directed the registrar general of the Punjab & Haryana high court to prepare a report by seeking explanation from the judge concerned and also from the Principal District and Sessions Judge at Gurugram district courts.

The court directe...