Supreme Court Collegium Says Decision on Judge Transfer Modified As Government ‘Sought’ It
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai on Wednesday (October 15) has said that it had changed its recommendation regarding the transfer of Madhya Pradesh high court judge, Justice Atul Sreedharan after the Union government “sought reconsideration” of its decision.
Justice Sreedharan was earlier proposed by the collegium to be transferred to the Chhattisgarh high court but after reviewing the government's request his transfer has been changed to the Allahabad high court, LiveLaw has reported.
"The Supreme Court collegium, in its meeting held on 14th October, 2025, on reconsideration sought by the government, resolved to recommend that Justice Atul Sreedharan, judge, high court of Madhya Pradesh, be transferred to the high court of Judicature at Allahabad instead of the high court of Chhattisgarh," the collegium said in a statement.
Justice Sreedharan was elevated to a judge of the Madhya Pradesh high court in 2016. In 2023 he was transferred to Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh high court upon his request after his daughter started practising in Madhya Pradesh. In March 2025 he returned to the Madhya Pradesh high court.
In the Madhya Pradesh high court, Justice Sreedharan was part of the division bench which had taken cognisance after Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Vijay Shah passed derogatory remark against colonel Sofiya Qureshi, who held a series of media briefings during Operation Sindoor.
A division bench of Justice Sreedharan and Justice Anuradha Shukla initiated a suo motu case against Shah, calling his remarks against the colonel “dangerous”.
“His comments are dangerous as now they have started reaching the armed forces of this country,” Justice Sreedharan had said, ordering an FIR to be immediately filed under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).
The court's action came after Shah in a comment seemingly directed at colonel Qureshi, referred to her as “sister of terrorists”.
Notably, Justice Sreedharan brought scrutiny to preventive detention cases in the Jammu and Kashmir high court, .
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