India, Oct. 20 -- Uttarakhand Chief Justice G Narendra has constituted a new bench headed by him to hear senior Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi's contempt petition against the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).

This marks a significant development as the move comes after 16 judges recused themselves from cases involving Chaturvedi.

A division bench comprising the chief justice and Justice Subhash Upadhyay will hear the contempt petition against CAT and members of its registry on October 30.

Sanjiv Chaturvedi is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer who has spent more than two decades in the civil service. A known crusader against corruption, Chaturvedi has consistently taken on powerful political and bureaucr...