In fare well speeches, a CJ targets ex-CJI, a judge the SC Collegium

On his last day in office, Justice Diwaker said he was elevated as a judge in Chhattisgarh High Court on March 31, 2009. “I discharged my duties as a judge in Chhattisgarh High Court till October 2018 to the satisfaction of one and all, and particularly to the satisfaction of my own inner being,” he said

Retiring Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court Pritinker Diwaker on Tuesday said the order for his transfer from Chhattisgarh High Court in 2018 by the Collegium led by the then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra was issued “with an ill intention to harass” him.

His remarks at his farewell function in Prayagraj came a day after another judge, 

Justice Bibek Chaudhuri of Calcutta High Court, who has been transferred to Patna High Court, in his farewell speech, said: “I must say that in 1975 during Emergency, 16 judges of different High Courts were transferred by an executive decision in one go. After almost 48 years, 24 judges have been transferred from one High Court to another by the Collegium of the Honorable Supreme Court in one go.”