India, June 6 -- Taking strong exception to the non-filing of an affidavit in a matrimonial case, the Supreme Court has issued a contempt notice to the acting director of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and sought an explanation from him on the issue.

A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R Mahadevan said the AIIMS director was impleaded in the case on April 16 and directed to submit an explanation by filing an affidavit.

The court said an affidavit has been filed and the most "objectionable" part of it is that one Nishant Kumar, who claims to be the deputy secretary in AIIMS-New Delhi, was authorised to file the document. "We pause here to indicate that we had specifically sought explanation to be furnished b...