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The Government has announced the transfer of 11 judges of six High Courts, following the recommendation of the Supreme Court collegium. The judicial game of musical chairs has hit the High Courts of Allahabad, Andhra Pradesh, Bombay, Delhi, Orissa and Punjab and Haryana.
Three judges from the Allahabad High Court have been transferred, namely Justice V.M. Sahai to the Gujarat High Court, Justice Poonam Srivastava to the Jharkhand High Court and Justice T. Meena Kumari to the Patna High Court. Justice V.M. Sahai is the son of the former judge of the Supreme Court of India Justice R.M. Sahai (and was supposedly reported to be involved in a Ghaziabad scam). Justice T. Meena Kumari was transferred to the Madras High Court and became permanent in 1999. She was transferred once again to the Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2001. At one stage her name was considered for elevation to the post of Chief Justice.
Justice D.S.R. Verma of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has been transferred to the Allahabad High Court.
The Bombay High Court transfer of Justice R.S. Mohite led to his resignation last month. He was transferred from the Bombay High Court to the Patna High Court. Justice M. Jeyapaul of the Bombay High Court has been transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Two judges from the Delhi High Court namely Justice S.N. Aggarwal and Justice Aruna Suresh have been transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court and the Orissa High Court. Justice Bhabani Prasad Roy of the Orissa High Court has been transferred to the Kerala High Court.
Justice Ashutosh Mohunta, Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma and Justice H.S. Bhalla of the Punjab and Haryana High Court were transferred to the Andhra Pradesh High Court, the Bombay High Court and the Orissa High Court respectively. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta was named as one of the Uncle judges.
Last month, the Chief Justice of India Justice S.H. Kapadia who heads the Supreme Court collegium had initiated a transfer of 20 judges across the country in lieu of public interest.
The Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010 will truly come as a welcome development for the anti-corruption brigade and will increase the transparency in our judiciary.
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- 1. "i think Mrs.vasuki must also been taken to task for her biased judgement on govindarajan report case.". Bmohan, Chennai
- 2. "THOUGH A TOTAL NUMBER OF 16 JUDGES WERE LABELLED BE "UNCLE JUDGES" IN PB AND HR HIGH COURT MEANING WHOSE KITH AND KIN ARE PRACTISING IN THE SAME HIGH COURT. OF THESE 16, TWO HAVE SINCE RETIRED AND NOW WHY ONLY TWO OF THESE SIXTEEN ARE BEING TRANSFERRED ? IF THE SC AND UNION MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE WANTS TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY OF DOING AWAY WITH CONCEPT OF UNCLE JUDGES IN LETTER AND SPIRIT, IT SHOULD IMPLEMENT THE SAME IN TOTOHEMANT KUMAR ADVOCATE AMBALA CITY HARYANA". HEMANT KUMAR, AMBALA CITY HARYANA
- 3. "Transfer of judges after their elavation to other courts is required to keep judicial integrity and honesty.". G.L.V.RAMANA MURTHY, HYDERABAD
- 4. "Transfer of judges is an age old issue. Judges seem to stick to their seats even particular court halls which is a sad thing. Judges are elevated only after getting their consent for transfer to another High Court. Previously the appointment was decided by the Crown. Now a days appointment is decided in State CMs. So the judiciary has become a puppet of Goverment. There is no independence if a particular High Court has judges from that State and develop a vested interest with the Bar. It is high time the Bar realised this and more judges are posted from outside the High Court. 50% of High Court strength should be from outside the High Court. Of the total strength, 50% should comprise of advocates from the Bar and the balance from the subordinate judiciary having a clean track record. This way the High Courts can return to good old days of fearless judges with integrity. The judges once appointed, should undergo a short training on various subjects at National Judicial Academy but should not shy away from it. Judges should never say they KNOW ALL. Only then the prople will get the justice. Only then there will be semblence of judicial machinery functioning in India which is plagued by delays. There are good judges at the subordinate level but are not elevated due to various considertions. ". SRIHARI, CHENNAI
- 5. "Policy of having chief justice from other states should be strictly adhered to,it is being observed that political clout is being exercised at all levels to dilute the principle and policy in vogue.If judges or chief justices get transferred at the whim and caprice of politicians it will be begining of dooms days for judiciary". Luqmaan, (Unknown City?)srinagar
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