Seventeen Judicial Officers Recuse From Cases Involving IFS Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi
· India · Hindustan Times, Indian Express
Seventeen judicial officers have recused themselves from cases involving Uttarakhand-cadre Indian Forest Service officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi over the years. The latest withdrawal occurred on September 21, when CAT Delhi bench judge Rajveer Singh Verma recused himself from hearing Chaturvedi's petition challenging a November 2021 Uttarakhand government order on the Appraisal Report Channel. The list of recusals includes two Supreme Court judges, four Uttarakhand High Court judges, nine CAT judges, and two district judiciary judges. Previous recusals involve Uttarakhand High Court Justices Alok Verma and Justice Ravindra Maithani in 2025, and Justice Manoj Tiwari in 2024. The pattern dates back to November 2013, when then-Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjan Gogoi recused himself from a case seeking a CBI investigation into corruption and harassment allegations raised by Chaturvedi.
Why it matters
Frequent judicial recusals in high-profile civil service litigation delay legal resolution and raise administrative questions regarding accountability mechanisms within the bureaucracy.
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