The Dinakaran impasse was finally brought to an end, atleast for the time being when President Pratibha Patil issued transfer orders pertaining to the transfer of Justice Dinakaran to the Sikkim High Court. The former Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court who is facing a probe into alleged land scam had caused uproar when he refused to go on leave following the allegations against him. This in turn set off a long winded round of musical chairs among the upper echelons of the judiciary.