State education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama was in for a rude shock on Tuesday after the Gujarat High Court took him to task for trying to question the credibility and impartiality of the court occupied with the trial of an election petition filed by rival Congress candidate Ashwin Rathod challenging his assembly poll win.
After the court was informed about the submissions made by the minister before the Supreme Court alleging that they are not getting a fair trial in the election petition, Justice Paresh Upadhyay, who is occupied with the trial, said he does not require a certificate from anybody to prove his credibility and impartiality. The judge said he was pained to hear such allegations and told the minister to make an application to the Acting Chief Justice for transfer of the case to another bench.