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RTI: Justice HL Gokhale was superseded seven times

He had exposed Balakrishnan’s role in the phone call to a Madras high court by former telecom minister A Raja.

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An RTI application has revealed that Supreme Court Justice HL Gokhale was superseded seven times in three years as Chief Justice of Allahabad high court till the time Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan, who heads the collegium to select judges to the apex court, retired last year.

Last December, Justice Gokhale accused the then CJI Balakrishnan of misrepresenting facts to conceal an attempt by sacked telecommunications minister A Raja to influence a Madras high court judge who was going to hear bail applications by the jailed minister’s relatives.

Justice Gokhale, who was superseded between 2007 and 2010, was elevated to the top court on April 30, 2010. CJI Balakrishnan demitted office on May 14. A few months ahead of Balakrishnan’s retirement, the incoming CJI SH Kapadia took charge of major decisions.

Earlier, the law ministry refused to share this information in reply to an RTI application, saying it did not maintain a list of chief justices of high courts who have been superseded. The list provided by the law ministry now reveals names of 20 Chief Justices of high courts who were superseded before being elevated to the Supreme Court since 2005.

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