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Indian Express
30-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
In major rejig, 135 trial court judges transferred in Delhi
In a major reshuffle, a total of 135 trial court judges in the city have been transferred by an order of the Delhi High Court on Friday. Among notable names are Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts, who was hearing the larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 Northeast Delhi Riots, and Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala of Karkardooma Courts who was hearing other cases of murder, arson, and unlawful assembly linked to the riots. While the former had been transferred to the Saket Court as an Additional Sessions Judge, the latter has been transferred to the Patiala House Court as a District Judge (Commercial Court). The larger conspiracy case has been pending for over four years and is at the stage of framing charges. Special Judge Niyay Bindu of Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court has been transferred to the Dwarka Court in the capacity of an Additional Principal Judge (Family Court). In June 2024, she granted bail to former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case linked to the excise policy 'scam'. Additional Sessions Judge (POCSO) Gomati Manocha of Patiala House Court, who recently accepted a closure report filed by the Delhi Police in a POCSO case against former BJP MP Brij Bhushan, has been transferred to Karkardooma Court as a District Judge. Additional Sessions Judge Manisha Khurana Kakkar of the Saket Court has been transferred to Rouse Avenue Court as a Special Judge. She was hearing the trial against Aaftab Poonawala, who was arrested in 2022 for allegedly killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and chopping her into pieces in Delhi. Special Judge Amitabh Rawat of Rouse Avenue Court, who earlier heard the larger conspiracy case linked to the Delhi riots, has been transferred to the Delhi High Court in the capacity of Joint Registrar (judicial).
Indian Express
23-04-2025
- Indian Express
I'm just a proxy counsel, are you settling a score: Lawyer asks judge; ‘unwarranted', says court, refers incident to HC
After a Delhi court asked an advocate why he wasn't prepared for cross-examination of witnesses in a 2020 Northeast Delhi riots case, the lawyer replied saying that 'he was just a proxy counsel'. Taking offence to his response, Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Pulastya Pramachala of Karkardooma court referred the matter to the Delhi High Court and the Bar Council of Delhi. The court was hearing a case in relation to an FIR registered by the New Usmanpur police station in 2020. The trial in the case has been going on since 2021. The accused have been charged with murder, rioting, causing disappearance of evidence, and being part of an unlawful assembly, among others, during the 2020 Northeast Delhi Riots. '…Anil Kumar Goswami, advocate bluntly retorted back saying that 'koi score settle kar rahe hai kya (are you settling a score)' and that 'mujhe kya malum aapne aur steno ne kya likha (how do I know what you and the stenographer wrote)',' stated the order of ASJ Pramachala dated April 7. The court pointed out to the lawyer that the order sheets show that he had been appearing as a counsel for both of the accused in the case. He was also reminded that he himself had claimed that he signed vakalatnamas for the accused. 'Such kind of response from Anil Kumar Goswami, advocate, is shocking and has compelled me to presume that he has come prepared in the court with some different intentions, and I have no second thought that such conduct on the part of an advocate cannot be termed as professional on the parameters of rules framed by Bar Council,' the judge said after hearing the lawyers 'unwarranted' remarks. '…the conduct of Anil Kumar Goswami… is questionable and objectionable. Hence, same is referred to Bar Council of Delhi as well as to Hon'ble High Court of Delhi, for assessment… on the parameters of professionalism expected from a lawyer before the court, and on the parameters of scandalising the proceedings before the court, while making some unwarranted remarks,' ASJ Pramachala added.
