Transfer of two HC judges: Govt sends file back to SC collegium

AFTER SITTING on the recommendation made by the Supreme Court collegium to transfer one High Court chief justice and two High Court judges, the Narendra Modi government has quietly sent back the recommendations with regard to two High Court judges to Chief Justice of India J S Khehar for reconsideration by the collegium.

In another development, the SC collegium’s move to transfer Tripura HC Chief Justice T Vaiphei to Hyderabad HC as CJ has also run into rough weather with Chief Justice Vaiphei expressing his disinclination to move to Hyderabad over language concerns. He is learnt to have told the collegium that

Logjam since former CJI Thakur’s term