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- The Supreme Court Collegium has asked the Centre to process “most expeditiously” P. Krishna Bhat’s elevation as a Karnataka High Court Judge, which was stalled twice by the government, and created a flutter after the then apex court judge Justice J. Chelameswar had written a letter questioning the delay.
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- The government had stalled the elevation in 2016 and 2017.
- Enquiry Against the judge: The executive had directly asked the then Karnataka Chief Justice to conduct an inquiry against Mr. Bhat on certain allegations levelled against him by a subordinate woman judicial officer.
- Collegium recommended his name twice for elevation to the Centre after the inquiry had given him a clean chit.
- Government had stalled the elevation in 2016 and 2017.
Sources
The Hindu