HC judge vents feelings on transfer against will
The Delhi high court and the entire bar on Tuesday bid farewell to two senior judges — Justice Aruna Suresh and Justice S.N. Aggarwal — who have been transferred by the Chief Justice of India H.S. Kapadia on public interest.
Justice Suresh has been transferred to the Orissa high court. Similarly, Justice Aggarwal has been transferred to the Madhya Pradesh high court.
In the farewell meeting, organised in the court premises, an emotional Justice Aggarwal, said, “I have tried to give my best to the system notwithstanding serious medical problems of my wife, (who is undergoing multiple treatment for cardio, psychiatric and kidney-related problems) and other home problems.”
Justice Aggarwal, has, however, written a letter to the CJI to reconsider his transfer order on various grounds including the fact that his wife is bed-ridden and that he has some other family problems.
“I have seen my younger daughter, a magistrate in a city court, becoming a widow just at the age of 27 year and my younger brother passing away within the a year of my elevation to the Bench,” he said.
Justice Aggarwal, who did his Masters of Law from the Delhi University while doing job as a paramedical staff with a Delhi government hospital for livelihood, said that he will be leaving Delhi on Wednesday to Madhya Pradesh for a period of two years.
“Inshah Allah, I will again rejoin you after two years because I believe a lawyer is always a lawyer. I will be eagerly looking forward for this joyous moment.”
Justice Aruna Suresh, however, preferred not to speak on her transfer to another high court.
A.S. Chandhoke, the President of the Delhi high court Bar Association (DHCBA), said “Although transfer is a part of the constitutional system, the CJI should reconsider Justice Aggarwal’s transfer on compassionate ground”.
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