Row over handling of ex-judge’s case against Sukhbir, Majithia
A controversy of sorts has erupted over the way a former judge’s case is being handled by a sitting judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, about seven months after he filed a complaint against SAD chief Sukhbir Badal and MLA Bikram Majithia.
Justice Ranjit Singh’s complaint was listed for hearing before a single-judge Bench of the High Court on Thursday at serial number 235 and was expected to come up for hearing late in the afternoon.
The complaint was filed in February and has so far come up for hearing seven times.
A senior advocate appearing on Justice Ranjit Singh’s behalf was not expecting much to happen during the hearing.
One of the opposing senior counsels had reportedly intimated him beforehand about his non-availability. The judge hearing the matter, too, was under transfer.