Supreme Court stays transfer of AFT Chandigarh Bench’s judicial member

The Bar, which has been abstaining from work since the transfer orders were issued on September 25, had earlier also written to the Chief Justice, averring that the move was an assault on the independence of the judiciaryJustice Chaudhary’s transfer to Kolkata Bench “for administrative reasons in public interest” had prompted the Bar to write to the Chief Justice of India on September 25, averring that it was a direct assault on the independence of the judiciary because strict orders were being passed against senior government officials for non-implementation of AFT judgments..The Bar had claimed that Justice Chaudhary was posted out a day before he was to hear a contempt case against a DAD officer for non-implementation of judicial orders in order to save her. All contempt and execution applications in other benches have also been transferred by the AFT chairperson to his own court.

In its order on Monday, the apex court has also directed that the execution applications being heard in Chandigarh would not be disposed of without leave of this court.