Kerala Judge's Transfer Over 'Sexually Provocative Dress' Remark Stalled
NDTV
The Division bench of Kerala High Court has quashed the transfer order of Sessions Judge S Krishnakumar who made a controversial 'sexually provocative dress' remark.
Kerala High Court has quashed the registrar general's order transferring Kozhikode Principal District and Sessions Judge S Krishnakumar, who made a controversial 'sexually provocative dress' remark as a presiding officer of the Labour Court in Kollam district.
The Division bench of Justice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Mohammed Nias CP quashed the transfer order.
The ruling by the Dvision bench came in response to an appeal by Justice Krishnakumar challenging the order by the high court single bench, dismissing his appeal against the transfer order. Earlier, the Division bench had stayed the transfer order.
In his appeal, Justice Krishnakumar contended, "It is not sustainable in law as the finding of the single Judge that the transfer norms are only guidelines and that it will not confer any right on the transferred employee. The order is against the dictum laid down by the apex court in a recent decision on a similar matter.
