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With air and rail passenger services suspended due to a Covid-19-induced blockade, two judges embarked on a road trip, each covering more than 2,000 km, as they prepare to take over as chief judges of the higher courts in separate corners. from the country.
The judges, who were recently elevated to the position of chief judges of the superior court, hit the road amid the national shutdown to ensure that trials and the justice delivery system do not get out of the way.
Judge Dipankar Datta, a judge of the Calcutta High Court, takes turns with his son to sit behind the wheel, while the family moved to Mumbai, where he would take over as the new Chief Justice of the High Court of the Bombay High Court, according to private sources. development said.
Allahabad High Court Judge Judge Biswanath Somadder, who has been elevated as President of the Meghalaya High Court, addresses Shillong via Kolkata.
Judge Somadder, who had served in the Calcutta High Court before being transferred to Allahabad, undertook the journey from the northern Indian city with his wife on Friday night in an official car, the sources said.
He had a chauffeur by his side, who took over the wheels from time to time. The judge arrived in Kolkata on Saturday afternoon and left for Shillong in the evening, after a few hours of rest at his Salt Lake residence here.
It is slated to arrive in the capital of Meghalaya on Sunday afternoon.
Judge Datta left for Mumbai from Kolkata on Saturday morning and plans to arrive in the country’s financial capital on Monday afternoon with night breaks on the way.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday elevated Judge Dipankar Datta, Superior Judge of the Calcutta High Court, as President of the Bombay High Court, and appointed Judge Biswanath Somadder of the Allahabad High Court as President of the Meghalaya Superior Court.
Both Judge Datta and Judge Somadder were elevated as permanent judges of the Calcutta High Court on June 22, 2006.
