Patna HC withdraws judicial work from judge
Bench suspends order issued by him
30/08/2019, , SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,PATNA

Justice Rakesh Kumar ANI

The High Court has withdrawn all judicial work from a sitting senior judge of the court, Rakesh Kumar, who had in the course of hearing a corruption case against a former IAS officer on Wednesday highlighted the state of corruption in the judicial system. A 11-judge bench also suspended Justice Kumar’s order and ruled that no action ordered by him would be taken.

‘No jurisdiction’

“All the matters pending before Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rakesh Kumar, sitting singly including tied up/part heard or otherwise stand withdrawn with immediate effect,” read a notice issued by the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court on August 28. “The registrar will implement the order forthwith subject to further orders with regard to the formation of the bench,” the bench said in the notice. The bench also observed that their fellow judge had no “jurisdiction to pass such an order on a case that had been closed.”