'Error In Judgment': Former HC Judges Criticise VP Candidate Reddy For Meeting Lalu Prasad

Last Updated:September 09, 2025, 00:09 IST

Criticising the move, the former judges issued a statement alleging that this "speaks volumes" of vice presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy's "intentions and allegiances"

Born in 1946 in Telangana, Justice Reddy served on the Supreme Court from 2007 to 2011, previously holding the position of Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court. (File Photo)

Eight former high court judges joined a section of legal luminaries on Monday to vehemently criticise joint opposition’s vice presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy over his recent meeting with RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav.

Criticising the move, the former judges penned a statement alleging that it is a “fundamental error in judgment" for someone of Reddy’s stature – a former Supreme Court judge – to “associate with convicted individuals". They alleged that this “speaks volumes" of his “intentions and allegiances".

“…Mr Reddy’s decision to associate with convicted individuals who have demonstrably harmed national interests through corruption, speaks volumes about his intentions and allegiances. This lapse, by an individual seeking to occupy an influential and prestigious constitutional post, represents a fundamental error in judgment, one that the public is bound to evaluate fully," read a statement issued by the former HC judges.

The statement was issued by former judges of the Bombay High Court, Justices SM Khandeparkar and Ambadas Joshi; former Jharkhand HC judge Justice RK Marthiya; former Allahabad HC judge Justice Devender Kumar Ahuja; former Delhi HC judge Justice SN Dhingra; former Punjab & Haryana HC judge Justice Karam Chand Puri; former Kerala HC judge Justice PN Ravindran; and former Rajasthan HC judge Justice RS Rathore.

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