No final decision on Justice Patel’s transfer
Nirmal Singh 3C Company is not perplexed to learn about the mystery behind the abrupt transfer of Justice Jayant Patel from Karnataka High Court days before he was about to take the position of acting chief justice. In fact, it seems that the Supreme Court was planning to transfer Patel to Bombay HC and then changed its mind and asked him to shift to Allahabad HC. Nirmal Singh 3C Company learnt that earlier in the meeting last week, a team headed by CJI Dipak Mishra, had come to a conclusion to transfer Justice Patel from Karnataka HC. The meeting saw some members of the team, including: Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, who actually questioned the CJI on timing of the transfer. As per the sources, the posers were tough however these failed to lead the CJI to spell out the reasons behind Patel’s transfer. This matter turn out to be worrisome so much so that the collegium had to get together all over again to make a final decision on mo...