Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Amitabh Rawat of the Karkardooma Courts, who has been hearing a bunch of cases related to the Delhi riots of 2020, has been transferred..ASJ Rawat has now been made the Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act) (CBI) at the Rouse Avenue Courts.Judge Sameer Bajpai will now hear the riots cases. ASJ Bajpai was earlier a Special Judge (PC Act) (CBI) at the Rouse Avenue Courts..ASJ Rawat had been hearing the Delhi riots cases since the year 2020. He is also seized of the larger conspiracy case behind the riots in which Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and several others are accused.The Delhi Police has invoked provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in the case..In two separate orders issued by the High Court, a total of 87 judges of the Delhi High Court Judicial Services have been transferred. Meanwhile, 120 judges of the Delhi Judicial Services have also been transferred. .[Read transfer orders here]
