New Delhi: The name of the Justice S Muralidhar, recommended for the position of the Chief Justice of Madras High Court by the Supreme Court Collegium, has not been cleared by Centre yet. The government today approved the other name suggested for transfer by the Collegium through a resolution dated September 28.
Justice Pankaj Mithal, Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court will soon take over as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. But there is no word on Justice Muralidhar.
An earlier transfer of Justice Muralidhar — from the Delhi High Court to the Punjab and Haryana High Court — had made headlines. The midnight transfer took place amid strong opposition from the Delhi Bar Association, which condemned it.
The transfer letter came in February 2020, a day after the judge ordered police action over alleged inflammatory speeches by the BJP’s Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma, Abhay Vema and Kapil Mishra during the Delhi riots.
