Ex-Punjab CJ wanted judge moved out in 'interest of justice'

Fri, Sep 12 02:32 AM
"In the interest of justice, he should be transferred," this is what former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice V K Jain wrote - barely weeks before his retirement on August 1 - to Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan, recommending that Justice Mehtab Singh Gill be moved out.

In his 12-page letter, Justice Jain questioned the judicial propriety of Justice Gill opting to be administrative judge of Ludhiana when he was aware that a property case involving his son, advocate Amandeep Singh Gill, was pending in Ludhiana.Read