India, Jan. 26 -- Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Saturday said that the transfer of judges is an internal matter of the judiciary and that the Government should have no role in the process. He also criticised the Collegium for agreeing to Government requests on the transfer of certain judges from the High Courts. Justice Bhuyan was speaking at a lecture held at the ILS Law College, Pune.

"Transfer of a judge is always for the better administration of justice. It is an internal matter of the judiciary. The Government can have no say in that," he said. Justice Bhuyan cautioned that any departure from this principle compromises judicial independence and defeats the purpose of insulating the judiciary from outside influence.

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