PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 14 -- The High Court Bar Association (HCBA), Allahabad, has sent a communication to the President of India, with a copy to the Union law minister and the Chief Justice Of India, expressing strong reservations regarding the proposal accepted by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointing five named retired Allahabad HC judges on ad-hoc basis in the HC under Article 224-A of the Constitution of India.

In the representation dated February 5, the HCBA termed the Collegium's statement as 'inexplicable' and one which "has been a cause for consternation to the legal fraternity in the state".

The HCBA has asserted that the Supreme Court Collegium's invocation of Article 224-A of the Constitution is in contravention of that provis...