India, Aug. 23 -- High courts, as guardians of their judicial officers, must place empathy above institutional pride, the Supreme Court said on Friday, coming down hard on the Jharkhand High Court for refusing to accommodate a senior woman judicial officer, a single parent who sought either retention at her present posting or transfer to a nearby district so she could assist her son preparing for his Class 12 board examinations next year.
"As a high court, you cannot be egoistic. You have to be alive to the problems of your judicial officers," a bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran told senior advocate Ajit Kumar Sinha, who appeared for the high court.
Recording its displeasure, the ...
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