The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 3 August 2023, has recommended the transfer of 3 Calcutta High Court judges.
The Collegium, consisting of Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant, has recommended the names of the following 3 judges of the Calcutta High Court:
Justice Shekhar B. Saraf (Proposed to be transferred to Allahabad High Court)
By a letter dated 7 August 2023, Justice Shekhar B Saraf accepted the proposal for his transfer, however, he requested a reconsideration of the proposed transfer and in the alternative, requested to consider transferring him to any of the places i.e. Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chandigarh.
However, the Collegium did not find any merit in the requests made by him and therefore, it resolved to reiterate its recommendation to transfer him to the Allahabad High Court.
Notably, Justice Shekhar B Saraf had recently delivered a scathing judgement against Indian Railways officials due to their ‘fraudulent’ conduct in arbitration proceedings, as well as another judgement against the lack of accountability between Government officials.