NCLAT member recuses himself from case, says judge attempted to interfere
Bengaluru, Aug. 14 -- A judicial member of the Chennai bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) recused himself from a case on Tuesday, just minutes before he was to pronounce the order, revealing that a judge "of a high constitutional court" had made several phone calls to him to tell him that a party in the case wished to "have a word."
The NCLAT member, justice Sharad Kumar Sharma, however, did not name the other judge.
Justice Sharma, who was presiding over the day's hearings with technical member Jatindranath Swain, was expected to pronounce orders in the case, arguments for which were closed a month ago. However, when the serial number for the matter was called out, a visibly furious justice Sharma expressed his di...
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