The Supreme Court Collegium’s unexpected change of mind to recommend Madhya Pradesh High Court Judge, Justice Atul Sreedharan, for the Allahabad High Court in compliance with the Union Government’s wishes instead of an earlier proposal to shift him to Chhattisgarh has brought back into focus Executive interference in judicial appointments and transfers in constitutional courts.

An October 14 ‘bare-bones’ Collegium resolution does not reveal why the Supreme Court body gave up its earlier recommendation on Justice Sreedharan. It basically conveyed in a paragraph that its re-think was motivated by a “reconsideration sought by the government”. There are no details of why the government did not want Justice Sreedharan in the Chhattisgarh High Court, where he would have been a member of that

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