Justice P B Majmudar,who was transferred from the Gujarat High Court (HC) in 2007 in controversial circumstances following an alleged squabble with the then HC judge,Justice B J Shethna,has been transferred back to the HC. He was administered the oath of office by the acting Chief Justice of the HC,Bhaskar Bhattacharya,at a function held at the HC building on Tuesday morning. Registrar General of the HC G R Udhwani said Justice Majmudars oath ceremony was organised at HCs Committee Room No. 1 which was attended by several senior HC lawyers apart from Law Minister Dilip Sanghani,Minister of State (Law) Pradeepsinh Jadeja and Leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil. In January 2007,Justice Majmudar got engaged in an ugly confrontation with the then HC judge,Justice Shethna,when the former alleged the latter of misbehaving with his wife and then threatening him to beat. Justice Majmudar did not lodge a police complaint but,had written a letter in this regard to the then Chief Justice of the HC to put things in black & white. Following the episode,both Justices Shethna and Majmudar were transferred out of the HC. Justice Shethna was transferred to the Sikkim High Court and Justice Majmudar was transferred to the Rajasthan High Court. Justice Shethna did not resume his judicial duty in Sikkim and chose to resign. Justice Majmudar resumed his duty in Rajasthan and was subsequently transferred to the Bombay High Court. He is due to retire on September 9 this year.
