Bandyopadhyay’s plea challenging Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Chairman’s decision to transfer his case from Kolkata Bench to Delhi was dismissed by a bench of then Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh on March 7, 2022.
A review was then filed by him in which one of the ground was the denial of passover despite repeated requests from the junior counsel appearing for Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
Notice was issued on the review petition on April 22 by a bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Jyoti Singh.
The Court while issuing notice had noted that the request for passover was denied by the then Chief Justice in the matter
As the Centre opposed the review, Justice Shakdher had remarked that if it was the stand of the government that it is fair for the court to not allow passover of matters, then the bench will record the same in its order and no passover will be granted on request of junior counsel appearing for the Centre also.
Source: Barandbench
