[BREAKING] "Most indecent", "Chutzpah": Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya on CJ Rajesh Bindal reassigning case to a Division Bench

In a strongly worded order, Justice Bhattacharya said that while the Chief Justice is the master of roster, he is not the master of "all I survey" and the power cannot be exercised at his whims and fancies.
Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Rajesh Bindal, Calcutta HC
Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Rajesh Bindal, Calcutta HC

Calcutta High Court judge Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya has taken strong objection to Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal delisting a case from him and listing it before a Division Bench (Jadav Saredar v. Basudeb Tarafder).

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