New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Friday rolled back its extraordinary August 4 directive that had barred an Allahabad high court judge from hearing any criminal cases for the remainder of his tenure and ordered him to sit with a senior colleague to "learn the nuances of law." A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said it was acting on a letter from Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai requesting reconsideration of the contentious directions. The CJI's intervention followed concerns that the top court may have overreached by issuing what effectively amounted to an administrative directive to a high court. "Since a request has been made by the CJI, we delete paragraphs 25 and 26," the bench said in its fresh order....