Judgment

Hegde, J.-A Cnminal Miscellaneous Petition in Transfer Petition No. 16 of 1968 was listed before this Bench on March 22, 1971. When the petition was taken up for hearing the petitioner Amrik Singh raised an objection to the composition of the Bench. He suggested that two of the Judges constituting the Bench are interested in the case and therefore they are incompetent to hear this matter. In view of this representation we directed him to file an affidavit setting out the facts supporting his allegation. At this stage I may mention that at an earlier stage in Criminal Miscellaneous Petition No. 569 of 1968, he had alleged that all the Judges of this Court excepting the then Chief Justice, Justice Hidayatullah, and one other Judge were incompetent to hear his transfer application as they were all concerned in the case. Possibly because of the said allegation the learned Chief Justice thinking that justice must not only be one

For Citation : (1971) 3 SCC 215.