The Supreme Court today stayed the Gujarat High Court order issuing notices to its sitting and former judges and also a sitting apex court judge over the allotment of residential plots to them by the state government in a posh locality in Sola area in Ahmedabad. <br/><br/>A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu said that the high court was in mortal hurry and this should not have happened. Staying the High Court order the Apex Court said, it will see what can be done in the matter. The high court had yesterday also referred the matter to a larger bench after framing a set of questions related to its suo motu PIL on the issue.<br/><br/>The apex court bench also comprising Justices P C Ghose and C Nagappan issued notices to the Gujarat government, judges cooperative society and Registrar of the High Court, seeking their response within four weeks on a petition challenging the high court order.'<br/><br/>The apex court also allowed deletion of names of sitting and former judges who were made respondents in the PIL and were issued notices. The petition challenging the high court order was filed by one of the retired high court judges for whom senior advocate Harish Salve appeared and sought urgent intervention.
News On AIR | August 12, 2015 5:55 PM
SC stays Gujarat HC order on judges' plot allotment PIL