Meanwhile, the Bar Association asked whether the Supreme Court Collegium’s decision implies that the Allahabad High Court was being treated as a dumping ground.
“This matter becomes important when we examine the current situation wherein the Allahabad High Court is short of Hon’ble judges and despite the continuous problems, new judges have not appointed since last many years. It is also of grave concern that while appointing judges by elevating members of the Bar, the Bar was never consulted. Consideration of eligibility appears to be not upto the mark. Something is lacking which has resulted incorruption and consequently, a great damage has been caused to the “public faith in judiciary,” it states.
The lawyers body further said that the apex court is well aware of the situation as time and again, it has remarked on the state of the Allahabad High Court, even observing that “something is rotten in the Allahabad High Court.”
