PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 14 -- The Allahabad high court recently upheld the dismissal of a court employee found guilty of manipulating a convicted prisoner's age in the judicial record to enable him to claim the benefit of a government scheme for the release of elderly prisoners.

In January 2000, the state government introduced a scheme for the release of prisoners who had undergone more than 3 years of imprisonment and were above 60 years of age.

Justice Anish Kumar Gupta, in his order dated November 2, observed that manipulating the age in a judicial record amounts to serious misconduct as it constitutes "direct interference with the administration of justice".

The bench passed the order while dealing with the plea filed by the petitioner (Se...