Karnataka: Justice H P Sandesh puts transfer threat on record

Justice H P Sandesh of the High Court of Karnataka on Monday put on record the earlier observations he had made regarding the threat of transfer conveyed to him by another sitting judgeSenior advocate Ashok Haranahalli submitted that a special leave petition SLP has been filed before the Supreme Court against the observations made by Justice Sandesh The SLP was listed for hearing on Tuesday and therefore an adjournment was sought The AntiCorruption Bureau ACB also filed a memo stating that an SLP was filed in the apex court and sought adjournmentThe court subsequently recorded the oral statements made in previous hearings about the transfer threat he faced due to the observations There cannot be a threat to the court It amounts to interfering in the dispensation of Justice I have already conveyed it to the concerned Justice Sandesh observedWhen the senior counsel asked for the name of the judge who conveyed the threat Justice Sandesh said he should not be asked to make a mistake by naming anyone He however said that since he was doubting his words he would put it on recordWhen this matter was heard on June 29 2022 this court found inaction on part of ACB in arraying the real accused and made observations regarding the inaction on the part of ACB in bringing the real culprits and matter was adjourned to July 4 2022 he saidA dinner was arranged by this court to bid farewell to Chief Justice on July 1 2022 A sitting judge who came and sat by the side of me started with the word name not recorded he had received a call from Delhi and says the person who called from Delhi inquired about me he further saidThe judge did not stop the same there itself and said that ADGP is from North India and he is powerful He also gave an instance of transfer ofhe saidThe live streaming of the court proceedings is frozen for some time after this and the text of Mondays order is awaited to be uploadedFurther the court has also recorded in Mondays order the remarks made against ADGP of ACB that are part of his service recordsThe court said the service records of ADGP Seemanth Kumar Singh who heads the ACB and B Reports filed by ACB were called for as the agency and the government lacked enthusiasm and interest to take the investigation to its logical conclusionJustice Sandesh is hearing a bail petition of a deputy tahsildar who was working in Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioners office Subsequent to the hearing of this petition the then DC has also been arrested in the caseRemarks made against the ADGP Seemanth Kumar Singh have also become a major issue Singh has filed a petition in the High Court seeking expunging of the remarks against him and the ACB The judge had termed ACB a collection centre and Singh a tainted officer Apart from calling for records of B Reports filed in corruption cases Singhs service records and details of a mining bribery case against him were sought by the courtJustice Sandesh said he called for service records of Singh because there was a threat to the court that was nothing but undermining its independence He said you have already approached the Supreme Court If they find I am wrong let there be an enquiryIn Mondays order the court also directed the State not to appoint tainted officers to anticorruption agencies like the ACBThe judge said The Chief Secretary is directed that before posting officers that too to an institution established for the prevention of corruption to take note of the public interest and should not be posting any tainted officers to the helm of affairs of the institution established for the prevention of corruptionThe case was listed for hearing on WednesdayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever