India, Aug. 27 -- Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta has made an extraordinary intervention seeking the immediate transfer of Rajasthan High Court acting chief justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma out of the state, accusing him of "corruption", "nepotism", "favouritism", misuse of roster powers and administrative decisions that benefitted influential litigants and lawyers.

In three successive letters to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on August 2, 10 and 17 , all seen by HT, Justice Mehta urged the Supreme Court collegium to appoint a chief justice from another high court to Rajasthan "with immediate effect", warning that continued inaction was causing serious damage to the institution and that it was imperative "to save the Instituti...