BAS strongly oppose Dinakaran transfer to Sikkim

by Himalayan Mirror

Gangtok, April 9: The Bar Association of Sikkim (BAS) has strongly opposed the Supreme Court Collegium’s decision to transfer Justice P D Dinakaran as Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court. An emergency meeting of the BAS was held here at Gangtok at Bar official room and has resolved resolution stating that they will not accept Justice Dinakaran as Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court and his posting to Sikkim High Court is not in ‘public interest’. The BAS in its resolution said, “Justice Dinakaran was asked to go on leave by the Supreme Court collegiums duo to the fact that there is an allegation of corruption including land grabbing against him and that an enquiry is pending is true then his transfer to the Sikkim High Court cannot be accepted by the BAS as it would be directly against the interest of the entire judiciary and the people of Sikkim”. Bas has written a memorandum to Smt Pratiba Singh Patel, the President of India, Man Mohan Singh, Prime Minister, K G Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court Collegium, Union Law Minister, Governor of Sikkim, Supreme Court Bar Association, Bar Association of India and Chief Minister of Sikkim against the transfer of Justice Dinakaran to Sikkim High Court as Chief Justice. “Inspite of protest made by the BAS Justice Dinakaran is shifted to Sikkim shall refrain from appearing before him and also boycott his swearing in ceremony” BAS resolved.

General Secretary of the bar told ‘Himalayan Mirror’ that “Public Interests requires that the Sikkim High Court and other courts of Sikkim be treated at par with other Courts of country and people of Sikkim be treated equally’.

Reacting on the Supreme Court Collegium’s observations, the BAS further said that the quantum work in the Sikkim High Court and the Sikkim Courts may be relatively less as compared to the rest of India but the litigation pending is no less important than any other case pending in any other Courts of the Country. The General Body meeting of BAS said that the High Court of Sikkim has been serving the cause of justice since 54 years and the status of Sikkim High Court is no less than any other High Courts of the country adding that Sikkim is an integral part of India and the people of Sikim are as much an Indian citizen as any other person belonging to other parts of india, the resolution said.