Justice Krishnan Ramasamy of the Madras High Court on Thursday came down heavily on deposed AIADMK leader O. Panneerselvam for having given a representation to the Chief Justice with a plea to transfer his civil suit against AIADMK’s July 11 general council meet to some other judge.
The judge said it was a “cheap” practice, which amounts to scandalising the judiciary and undermining its authority. Any grievance against the orders passed by him, permitting the general council meet, ought to have been tackled legally by taking it on appeal before the appropriate forum, he added.
“You have a statutory appeal remedy. You can go on appeal, attack my judgment legally and see that it is set aside. But this is not the way to deal with the issue. If this kind of practice is allowed, then every one will start to follow it and give representations to change the judge,” he said. When advocate P. Rajalakshmi, representing Mr. Panneerselvam, said that her client was aggrieved against certain observations made against him by the judge in the July 11 order, Justice Ramasamy said: “Your client has proven those observations to be true by his present conduct.”
