Gauhati High Court Judge Moves Supreme Court, Seeks Removal Of Remarks Made By High Court Bench

A sitting Gauhati High Court judge has filed a petition with the Supreme Court of India seeking the removal of “certain disparaging remarks” made against him in the high court verdict dated August 11.

Gauhati High Court Judge Moves Supreme Court

The Supreme Court bench of justices AS Bopanna and PS Narasimha has agreed to hear the plea and has issued a notice to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

The case will be heard on November 10 and will be listed “without disclosing the identity of the petitioner”.

In his plea, the judge seeks the removal of “certain disparaging remarks” made against him by a high court bench while reviewing a terror-related case he had presided over as a special NIA court judge.