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News18
20-05-2025
- Health
- News18
In Farewell Speech, MP High Court Judge Says His Transfer Was Intended To 'Harass' Him
Last Updated: Justice Ramana was proposed to be transferred in August 2023 and formally took charge at the Madhya Pradesh High Court on November 1 that year Justice Duppala Venkata Ramana of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, who is set to retire from the Indore bench on June 2, on Tuesday said that his transfer from the Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2023 was made with the intention of harassing him. Speaking during his farewell address on Tuesday, Justice Ramana said the transfer was done without any justification and that his repeated requests for reconsideration were ignored by the Supreme Court Collegium. 'My transfer order seems to have been issued with ill intention and to harass me. I was transferred from my home state for obvious reasons. I am happy to satisfy for their ego. Now they are retired. God does not forgive, nor forgets. They will also suffer in other mode," he said. Justice Ramana was proposed to be transferred in August 2023 and formally took charge at the Madhya Pradesh High Court on November 1 that year, Bar and Bench reported. In his speech, he went on to say that he had submitted formal requests for reconsideration in July and August 2024, but received no response. He had requested a transfer to Karnataka instead, so he could care for his wife, who was suffering from a serious neurological condition. 'I was asked options. I opted State of Karnataka, so that my wife gets better treatment in NIMHANS but it was not considered by Hon'ble Supreme Court. I took over the judge of the Hon'ble High Court of Madhya Pradesh on 1-11-23. Thereafter, I sent representation to the Hon'ble Supreme Court on 19-7-24, and 28-8-24 on the ground of medical treatment of my wife, who is suffering from PNES… severe infirmity in the brain due to COVID pandemic. But the representation was neither considered nor rejected," he said. He added that even during the tenure of former Chief Justices, his requests received no response. 'I received no response. The judge like me expects positive humanitarian consideration. I was disheartened and deeply pained," Justice Ramana said. First Published: May 20, 2025, 22:38 IST
The Hindu
19-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
‘Damning indictment of government': Congress on Supreme Court barring granting of retrospective environmental clearances
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday (May 19, 2025) hailed the Supreme Court decision striking down the measures enabling the grant of ex-post facto environmental clearances and said it was a "damning indictment" of the Modi government whose domestic walk is completely at variance with its global talk on environmental protection. The Supreme Court last Friday (May 16, 2025) said the right to live in a pollution free atmosphere was a part of the fundamental right as it struck down the Centre's office memorandum allowing ex post facto or retrospective environmental clearances to projects in violation of norms. A Bench comprising Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan made scathing remarks in its judgement delivered on a plea filed by Vanashakti organisation and said, 'The Union Government, as much as individual citizens, has a constitutional obligation to protect the environment.' Former Environment Minister Mr. Ramesh hailed the judgement which he claimed was a 'damning indictment' of the Modi government. 'In a landmark decision reaffirming the principles and practices of sustainable development, the Hon'ble Supreme Court on May 16, 2025 struck down the Modi Government's measures enabling the grant of ex-post facto environmental clearances. It declared such clearances illogical and illegal,' Mr. Ramesh said. In a landmark decision reaffirming the principles and practices of sustainable development, the Hon'ble Supreme Court on May 16, 2025 struck down the Modi Government's measures enabling the grant of ex-post facto environmental clearances. It declared such clearances illogical and… — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) May 19, 2025 The Supreme Court held that the 2017 notification issued by the Modi government had the sole purpose of shielding violators who knowingly did not secure the mandatory requirement of prior environmental clearance under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, he said. 'It further ruled that the 2017 Notification and the 2021 Office Memorandum jointly violated binding precedents, encouraged polluters, and legitimised the degradation of air and water quality—blatantly infringing upon the fundamental right to a clean environment guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution,' Mr. Ramesh said. 'Pre-emptively disallowing for all measures granting ex-post facto environmental clearance in any manner, the Supreme Court noted 'it is not possible to understand why the Central Government made efforts to protect those who committed illegality by not obtaining prior EC in terms of the EIA notification',' he said. Mr. Ramesh claimed that the judgment is a "damning indictment" of the Modi government whose domestic walk is "completely at variance" with its global talk as far as environmental protection is concerned. The court said it "must come down very heavily" on the Centre's attempt to do "something which is completely prohibited under the law". It added, "Cleverly, the words ex post facto have not been used, but without using those words, there is a provision to effectively grant ex post facto EC. The 2021 OM has been issued in violation of the decisions of this court…." The Bench, therefore, declared the 2021 office memorandum (OM) and related circulars 'arbitrary, illegal, and contrary to the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006". The Centre, as a result, was restrained from issuing directions for grant of ex post facto clearances in any form or manner or for regularising the acts done in contravention of the EIA notification.
