"Arbitrary, Illegal": Top Court Sets Aside Dismissal Of Two Women Civil Judges | Read
The Supreme Court set aside the orders the dismissal of two women civil judges in Madhya Pradesh in 2023, terming the action as "punitive, arbitrary and illegal".
The case pertained to the dismissal of Judges Aditi Kumar Sharma and Sarita Chaudhary, who had joined the Madhya Pradesh judicial service in 2018 and 2017 respectively. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh noted that one of judges, during probation period, had got married, contracted Covid-19, had a miscarriage, and her brother was diagnosed with cancer.
