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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium has allowed transfer requests of two High Court judges – Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma of the Patna High Court and Justice Atul Sreedharan of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
In its resolutions passed today after a meeting held on Tuesday, the Collegium states that Justice Sharma, whose parent High Court is the Rajasthan High Court, informally sought to be repatriated owing to health grounds.
Justice Prakash cited the inadequate medical facilities in Patna, where he is currently a judge at the High Court. In the event the said repatriation is not possible, he had sought a transfer to the Punjab & Haryana High Court, as Chandigarh has the necessary medical facilities.
The Collegium has allowed the latter. The resolution states,
“The Collegium resolves that it is not possible to repatriate Mr Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma to his parent High Court. Bearing in mind the health reasons which have led the Judge to seek a transfer out of the High Court where he is posted at present, the Collegium resolves that Shri Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma be transferred, to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.”
Read our 2016 interview with Justice Sharma, before he was elevated.
Justice Sreedharan, currently a judge at the Madhya Pradesh High Court, wrote to the Collegium seeking a transfer out of the State, as his daughter is soon entering law practice there.
The Collegium has recommended that he be transferred to the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, “in the interest of better administration of justice.”
