Bangalore: A section of members of Advocates Association of Bangalore (AAB) on Saturday openly came out in
support of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran,
facing land grabbing charges, saying he should not be
transferred and be allowed to resume judicial work.
The advocates will stage a protest here tomorrow against
the recent reported recommendation of the Supreme Court
Collegium to transfer Dinakaran to Sikkim High Court.
The apex court`s decision had evoked strong protests in
Sikkim with lawyers threatening to boycott his court. However,
on April 13, Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Barin
Ghosh was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court.
"Over 500 lawyers would take part in the protest tomorrow
and submit a representation to Governor H R Bhardwaj to appeal
to the Collegium not to transfer Justice Dinakaran and direct
him to resume judicial work," BK Nagraj, spokesman of the
lawyers, told reporters here.
Meanwhile, AAB president KN Puttegowda -- who had
welcomed the Collegium`s recommendation, dismissed the
proposed protest as a "decision of a negligible few".
"It is not a decision which has been taken by the AAB. A
handful of supporters of Chief Justice Dinakaran have decided
to take up his cause. It is of no consequence," he told a news agency.
Dinakaran, facing impeachment proceedings in Rajya Sabha,
was recently asked by the Collegium to proceed on leave, but
he had refused to fall in line.
PTI
