‘Shocked and pained’: 13 Allahabad high court judges write to chief justice, urge him to defy Supreme Court's order

PRAYAGRAJ: Thirteen Allahabad high court judges who have taken exception to a Supreme Court division bench's observations about a sitting judge of the HC have urged the chief justice of the court to "call a full court meeting" and resolve that the HC will not comply with the direction to remove Justice Prashant Kumar from the criminal roster.According to the judges, "The SC does not have administrative superintendence over the high courts". They have also urged the full court to "record its anguish in respect of tone and tenor of the said SC order". A full court refers to an HC session where all, or a significant number, of the court's judges are present. This typically happens for matters of significant legal or constitutional importance.The letter was signed by Justice Arindam Sinha, a senior judge, and 12 others, according to Bar and Bench.Allahabad HC judges to CJI: ‘Shocked and pained’ by order against colleagueA letter sent by 13 Allahabad HC judges to CJ says, “I being a judge of Allahabad HC and part of the institution, extended to the judiciary, was shocked and pained by the order dated Aug 4 of SC, wherein the stands mentioned the name of my colleague and, inter alia, administrative directions to you regarding assignment of nomination to be given to the learned judge”.