Asaram judge shunted

Jaipur: Judge Madhusudan Sharma who convicted and sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment has been transferred. Mr Sharma who was the judge of the special SC/ST cases court in Jodhpur metropolitan has now been posted as joint secretary (law) in the law and legal affairs department, Jaipur. Mr Sharma had delivered the verdict in the Asaram case on April 25, sentencing the rapist to life in jail until his death for raping a minor.

Judge Madhu Sudan Sharma who convicted and sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment has been transferred. Sharma who was the judge of the special SC/ST cases court in Jodhpur metropolitan, has now been posted as joint secretary (law) in the law and legal affairs department, Jaipur.

Judge Sharma had delivered the verdict in the Asaram rape case on April 25, sentencing the rapist to life in jail until his death for raping a minor girl at his Manai ashram in Jodhpur in August 2013.

The registrar general of Rajasthan high court, in two separate orders, transferred five judicial officers in the district judge cadre and nine other judicial officers, on Wednesday.

Prabu Lal Ameta has been appointed member (judicial) in the Rajasthan Civil Services Appellate Tribunal, Jaipur. Rajesh Narayan Sharma has been appointed judge of the industrial tribunal-cum-labour court, Jodhpur.

Ashutosh Kumar, who was secretary (law) in the law and legal affairs department in Jaipur, has been posted as district and sessions judge of Jaisalmer.

Sanjay Kumar has replaced him in the law department. Coincidentally, Ravindra Kumar Joshi, the district and sessions judge, who was supposed to pronounce order on Salman Khan’s application for bail and suspension of sentence in 1998 black buck poaching case, too had been transferred, the night before.