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SC Deletes Direction to Remove Allahabad HC Judge from Handling Criminal Cases
The Daily Guardian
|August 09, 2025
The Supreme Court on Friday recalled its recent order in which it had issued adverse observations against Allahabad High Court judge Justice Prashant Kumar for the latter's decision in having allowed criminal proceedings to continue in a civil money recovery dispute.
In its August 4 order, a bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan had asked the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court to remove Justice Prashant Kumar from the criminal roster -- meaning the judge will not be handling criminal matters until his retirement. The top court had also directed the High Court Chief Justice to change Justice Kumar's roster and bench him
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