On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of India announced that it had modified its earlier recommendation regarding the transfer of Justice Atul Sreedharan, following a request from the Union government.

Earlier in August, the Supreme Court collegium had proposed transferring Justice Sreedharan, one of the senior-most judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, to the Chhattisgarh High Court. However, within a month, the Modi government sought a reconsideration of that decision. Complying with the request, the collegium revised its recommendation, transferring Justice Sreedharan to the Allahabad High Court instead.

While no explanation has been provided by either the collegium or the government for this abrupt change, this now means that Sreedharan will be a junior judge and will not be part of th

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