New Delhi: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has made strong observation on the current structure of the judiciary in the state, comparing the relationship between the High Court judges and the District Judges to “feudal God and Surf”., The court also criticized that it was described as a “caste system” within the judicial setup, where High Court judges are seen as “Savaran” and District Judges as “Shudra” and “Les Mercerables”.A division bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and DK Paliwala made these comments in their order on July 14, while a petition filed by Jatan Mohan Chaturvedi, a former Special Court Judge, Judge. Chaturvedi challenged his termination of service in 2015, which followed his decisions on bail arguments in Vyapam scam and other matters. He had granted bail to some and refused to give relief to others, and was later accused of having views of deviation on similar cases.The court said, “At an unconscious level, the penmbra of the caste system appears in the judicial structure in this state, where the people of the High Court are Savran and the Shudra District Judiciary’s Les is Misrayables.”The bench said, “The disappointing relationship between the High Court judges and the District Judge of the District Judge is one between a feudal God and Surf. The feudal state of the mind still in the state is also a result in its expression in the judiciary,” the bench said.The court said that such a structure creates a feeling of fear and inferiority among the district judges. It said, “Experience in the bar gives knowledge to this court to reach the opinion that the District Judiciary works under the permanent fear of the High Court. Against the judges passing such orders, although they are judicial orders.,It said, “These are exactly such cases, resulting in a large number of bail applications before the High Court as a result of criminal appeal.”The bench also observed that “examples of Judges of the District Judge are individually mangoes participating in the High Court judges, as later the East is not giving a seat to the East, which has eliminated a colonial decline with a sense of entitlement.”On Chaturvedi’s dismissal, the court stated that the case shows a “malicious manner that cannot be effectively addressed due to the social structure in the state, which also appears in the judiciary.” It said that the expiration confirms the belief that the judges of the trial court may have results for giving relief to the accused.Chaturvedi’s dismissal order was issued on October 19, 2015. His appeal was rejected on 1 August 2016. The Division Bench has now abolished the termination order and has imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh on the state government through the Principal Secretary, Law and Legislative Department and Registrar General of MP High Court. The court said that Chaturvedi faced insults in the society without any evidence of corruption presented against him.
