Chandigarh, July 3 -- Dismissing an appeal by under-suspension presiding officer of the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT)-II, Chandigarh, MM Dhonchak, challenging an order of single judge of Delhi high court (HC) which dismissed his plea regarding extension of his suspension, a division bench has held that the nature of the charges on which the appellant was being proceeded against were grave and his acts are stated to be prejudicial to the public interest.

Dhonchak, a former Haryana judicial officer, had challenged the dismissal of his petition by the March 3, 2025, single judge order regarding extension of his suspension on November 5, 2024 (as presiding officer, DRT-II). The single judge had dismissed the petition as being devoid of merit...