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The Delhi High Court has issued transfer order of 11 judicial officers, including seven Metropolitan Magistrates and four Additional Sessions Judges (ASJ), to other assignments/courts.
According to the transfer order issued on Wednesday, Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav who had been hearing the Delhi riots cases, has been posted as Special CBI Judge, Rouse Avenue Courts.
Judge Yadav has been critical of the callous and farcical investigation by the Delhi police in some of the Delhi riots cases of February, 2020.
Vinod Yadav has passed several orders criticising the Delhi Police’s probe into the riots, prompting Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana to form a special investigative cell (SIC) to monitor the progress in the cases. In another case, Judge Yadav had commented on the failure of the investigating agency in including scientific methods.
The transfers effected yesterday by the Delhi High Court include:
Transfers in Delhi Higher Judicial Service
1. Virender Bhatt
2. Vinod Yadav
3. Sandeep Yadav
4. Sanjeev Kumar Singh
Transfers in Delhi Judicial Service
1. Shama Gupta
2. Rajani Ranga
3. Fahad Uddin
4. Jyoti Maheshwari
5. NehaPandey
6. Akanksha Garg
7. Aishwarya Sharma
As per the Court order:
“1. The judicial officers shall be under the control of the Principal District & Sessions Judge of the district, to which they have been allocated.
2. The judicial officers under transfer shall notify the cases, in which they had reserved judgments/orders before relinquishing the charge of the court in terms of the posting/transfer order. The judicial officers shall pronounce judgments/orders in all such matters on the date fixed or maximum within a period of 2-3 weeks thereof, notwithstanding the posting/transfer. Date of pronouncement shall be notified in the cause list of the court to which the matter pertains, as also of the court to which the judicial officer has been transferred and on the website,” it added.