In major rejig, 135 trial court judges transferred in Delhi
Among notable names are Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts, who was hearing the larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 Northeast Delhi Riots, and Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala of Karkardooma Courts who was hearing other cases of murder, arson, and unlawful assembly linked to the riots.
While the former had been transferred to the Saket Court as an Additional Sessions Judge, the latter has been transferred to the Patiala House Court as a District Judge (Commercial Court). The larger conspiracy case has been pending for over four years and is at the stage of framing charges.
Special Judge Niyay Bindu of Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court has been transferred to the Dwarka Court in the capacity of an Additional Principal Judge (Family Court). In June 2024, she granted bail to former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case linked to the excise policy 'scam'.
Additional Sessions Judge (POCSO) Gomati Manocha of Patiala House Court, who recently accepted a closure report filed by the Delhi Police in a POCSO case against former BJP MP Brij Bhushan, has been transferred to Karkardooma Court as a District Judge.
Additional Sessions Judge Manisha Khurana Kakkar of the Saket Court has been transferred to Rouse Avenue Court as a Special Judge. She was hearing the trial against Aaftab Poonawala, who was arrested in 2022 for allegedly killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and chopping her into pieces in Delhi.
Special Judge Amitabh Rawat of Rouse Avenue Court, who earlier heard the larger conspiracy case linked to the Delhi riots, has been transferred to the Delhi High Court in the capacity of Joint Registrar (judicial).
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