Protesting lawyers had gathered at Gujarat High Court "to mourn death of independence of judiciary" after order to shift Justice Nikhil Kariel to the Patna High Court
Earlier, the HCs of Calcutta, Allahabad, Bombay and Delhi had rapped central and state authorities, including the EC, for their failure to contain the second wave
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Even as thousands of Covid-19 patients struggled to get basic healthcare across the country, the Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the national emergency plan for next Tuesday. The adjournment came after amicus curiae and senior advocate Harish Salve decided to step down following criticism over his appointment. ‘I don t want the case to be decided under the shadow that I knew the Chief Justice, Salve said referring to reports that he was appointed as he was a school friend of outgoing CJI, S A Bobde. The CJI, in turn, blasted several senior advocates for making statements in the media without reading its order passed on Thursday. You have imputed motives to us without reading our order, the court told Dushyant Dave, who was representing the Gujarat High Court Bar Association. We are also pained at reading what some senior lawyers have to say on Harish Salve s appointment as amicus in the matter, said the bench. Salve s appointment was a collective decision of all the ju