The Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjay Chandrachud has agreed to meet the protesting lawyers of the Gujarat High Court who have been against the proposed transfer of Justice Nikhil S Kariel of Gujarat High Court to Patna High Court.
Gujarat High Court lawyer Asim Pandya confirmed to the above said meeting by the CJI on Saturday morning.
Advocate Pandya confirmed that CJI has finally given an appointment to meet. He will meet us tomorrow (Saturday) morning.
The former President of Gujarat High Court Advocates Association (GHCAA) Advocate Pandya informed that a delegation of four senior advocates and three committee members of the GHCAA would be flying to Delhi to meet CJI.
He added that the names of the delegation is yet to be decided.
A protest has been staged since Thursday after the transfer of Justice Kariel to Patna High Court was reported by the media.
Over 300 advocates had gathered yesterday in the court hall of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar of the Gujarat High Court to mourn, what they called it as the death of independence of judiciary after the news was cuirculated.
The GHCAA said that till the Supreme Court Collegium reconsiders its decision to transfer Justice Kariel, they would abstain from work indefinitely
The resolution stated that the transfer of such honest and upright Judge for which the entire Bar is vouching in one voice is not in right taste.
The GHCAA said that this transfer strikes at the Rule of Law and Independence of Judiciary which are two prime edifice on which our Constitution rests.
The resolution also states that delegation wants to convey the feeling of the Bar to all concerned including CJI and other Judges of the collegium.
On Friday morning, the courtroom of Chief Justice Kumar, which is usually jam-packed, wore a deserted look .
Today when the judges of the High Court entered their respective court halls, they were welcomed by empty courtrooms, with hardly few litigants or parties-in-person present.
This scene was quite the same in almost all the courtrooms of the Gujarat High Court. While some judges sat for a few minutes, some just walked off within seconds of presiding the court.