On April 3, the bench of Justice Shamim Ahmed labelled the judicial officer’s remarks as “judicial misconduct”. Consequently, the judge was ordered to appear before the HC on April 15 and file a personal affidavit explaining the circumstances surrounding the issuance of the orders in question
“Once that is the case, even if he has been selected through some kind of mechanism under a Government Order and appointed on contract, he has no right to the post.”
Justice Mayank Kumar Jain is hearing applications filed by Muslim side on maintainability of 18 consolidated suits seeking removal of Eidgah mosque in Mathura.
However, the court did not consider the request for bail and suspension of sentence of appellants and directed to list the case on April 24, 2024 for deciding the same