Calcutta High Court moves SC against its own judge’s order criticising acting chief justice
Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya objected to Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal transferring a civil case from him to a division bench.
The Calcutta High Court has moved the Supreme Court against an order of its own judge criticising the acting chief justice,
Bar and Bench reported on Wednesday.
The High Court’s administrative division has challenged Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya July 19 order regarding the transfer of a civil case from him to a division bench.
Justice Bhattacharyya had criticised the court administration as well as Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, on whose orders the case was reassigned. He had said that while the Chief Justice is the master of the roster, he is not the master of “all I survey” and the power cannot be exercised at his whims and fancies.
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Bar Council chief seeks removal of acting Chief Justice of Calcutta HC
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Last Updated: Jun 29, 2021, 08:40 AM IST
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The chairman of the West Bengal Bar Council, Ashok Kumar Deb, has written to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana urging him to remove Rajesh Bindal, the acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
The chairman of the West Bengal Bar Council, Ashok Kumar Deb, has written to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana urging him to remove Rajesh Bindal, the acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court. In his letter on Sunday, Deb, who is also a Trinamool Congress MLA, referred to the Jammu Kashmir Bar Council Association’s ‘boycott of Justice Bindal due to his behaviour .