Akanksha Singh –
Published On: September 17,2021 at 15:22 IST
Justice Rajesh Bindal, appearing Chief Justice of the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom who was caught in a controversy within the standoff between the Trinamool Congress and the Centre after elections in West Bengal, is about to be appointed as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court.
Sources informed that this important transfer was one of many selections taken by the Supreme Court Collegium assembly on Thursday night.
Though these selections are not formally notified by the Collegium of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Justices UU Lalit and AM Khanwilkar. However, it’s learnt that quite a lot of suggestions have been made on appointment of some Chief Justices along with transfers of some High Court Judges.
Justice Bindal was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on April 29 just as West Bengal finished Polling.
However, in the post-election political tussle between the TMC and the Centre in the Courts, Justice Bindal’s judgment came under question. Later, the Calcutta High Court constituted a Five-Judge Bench to hear all matters relating to elections outside the rules.
Prior to his tenure at the Calcutta HC, Justice Bindal, was acting as the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court for some time in December 2020. His term ends on April 15,2023 unless promoted to Supreme Court.
So far to note Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai is currently the only woman Chief Justice of a High Court in the country.
On September 3, the Collegium made 68 recommendations, including 10 women, for appointment as judges of the High Court. The Collegium’s determined attempt to fill vacancies comes only weeks after the body of top judges broke an almost two-year deadlock by making nine recommendations for appointment as SC judges.
The Centre cleared all the nine names within two weeks.
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