New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Following an intervention by Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai, a Supreme Court bench is expected to reconsider its stinging August 4 order that stripped an Allahabad high court judge of all criminal jurisdiction until his retirement and directed him to sit with a senior judge to learn the nuances of law. The reconsideration, scheduled for Friday, comes amid concern that the top court may have overreached by issuing what effectively amounted to an administrative directive to a high court. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan will take up the matter again, with people aware of the matter confirming that CJI Gavai met Justice Pardiwala on Wednesday evening to express institutional unease over the rare direction to de-roster a constitutional court judge by way of a judicial order. "The meeting ran for around half an hour. The CJI is learnt to have conveyed to the judge who authored the ruling that some of the directions may need tweaking -- in the larger interest of the institution and in deference to the autonomy of high courts and their chief justices," said one of the persons familiar with the development. This person added that CJI Gavai, while not disputing the gravity of the error in Justice Kumar's ruling, was of the view the remedy might have encroached on the HC's administrative domain. "The decision to revisit the matter is thus aimed at striking a balance between judicial discipline and constitutional propriety," he said. Another person noted that several Supreme Court rulings have affirmed that the administrative control of high courts, including case assignments, lies solely with their chief justices. "There is precedent to show that even Supreme Court benches have consciously refrained from fixing hearing dates for matters before high courts to preserve institutional boundaries. Directing a de-rostering of a high court judge for his entire remaining tenure until 2029 might need a review," added this person. At least 13 judges of the Allahabad high court wrote to chief justice Arun Bhansali on Thursday, urging him to convene a full court meeting to consider disregarding directions issued by the apex court in its August 4 order, which withdrew the criminal roster from Justice Prashant Kumar until his retirement. In his letter Justice Arindam Sinha, writing in his personal capacity, invoked Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952, to circulate the proposal for signatures. The letter has garnered support and endorsement from at least 12 other judges. The letter asserted that the top court does not have administrative superintendence over the HC....