India, March 29 -- LUCKNOW The Oudh Bar Association (OBA) of the high court here and several other Bar Associations of high courts elsewhere have urged the chief justice of India (CJI) and the Supreme Court Collegium to withdraw the transfer of Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma to the Allahabad high court and start criminal proceedings against him.

OBA president RD Shahi, HCBA president Anil Tewari and several others met the Supreme Court Collegium, including CJI Justice Sanjeev Khanna, in New Delhi on Thursday and handed over a joint statement of the associations.

"We requested the CJI not to transfer Justice Yashwant Varma to any other high court from Delhi high court," said Shahi.

"Till the pending inquiry, Justice Varma should ...