The Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association has written to the Chief Justice of the High Court at Jabalpur venting its discontentment at the functioning of sitting judge, Justice Rajeev Kumar Dubey..The letter signed by the Bar Association's President Raman Patel and Secretary Manish Tiwari alleges that the judge made derogatory remarks against members of the Bar and is not inclined to grant relief in matters."We have been receiving several other complaints against Hon'ble Justice Dubey regarding various other issues such as derogatory remarks, disrespectful behaviour, prior rigid mindset, non-inclination to hear the matters thoroughly, etc", the letter states..The letter also states that though the fraternity does not expect relief in cases in which it is not legally justified, Justice Dubey only grants relief in 5-10% of cases before him. This, the lawyers say, has a tendency to create discontentment among the fraternity..It is further brought to light that the Bar had previously attempted several oral communications with Justice Dubey by meeting him personally and sharing the difficulties faced by the lawyers. The Association had also called a general body meeting on this aspect. Despite this, the letter states, there was no improvement in the working pattern of the judge..The letter requests Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq to take cognizance of the issue at hand and to take appropriate steps to resolve the issue. It ends with a thinly veiled warning that if such measures are not taken, the members of the Bar Association "would be left with no other option than to revolt.".[Read letter]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association has written to the Chief Justice of the High Court at Jabalpur venting its discontentment at the functioning of sitting judge, Justice Rajeev Kumar Dubey..The letter signed by the Bar Association's President Raman Patel and Secretary Manish Tiwari alleges that the judge made derogatory remarks against members of the Bar and is not inclined to grant relief in matters."We have been receiving several other complaints against Hon'ble Justice Dubey regarding various other issues such as derogatory remarks, disrespectful behaviour, prior rigid mindset, non-inclination to hear the matters thoroughly, etc", the letter states..The letter also states that though the fraternity does not expect relief in cases in which it is not legally justified, Justice Dubey only grants relief in 5-10% of cases before him. This, the lawyers say, has a tendency to create discontentment among the fraternity..It is further brought to light that the Bar had previously attempted several oral communications with Justice Dubey by meeting him personally and sharing the difficulties faced by the lawyers. The Association had also called a general body meeting on this aspect. Despite this, the letter states, there was no improvement in the working pattern of the judge..The letter requests Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq to take cognizance of the issue at hand and to take appropriate steps to resolve the issue. It ends with a thinly veiled warning that if such measures are not taken, the members of the Bar Association "would be left with no other option than to revolt.".[Read letter]