Dinakaran’s name for elevation effectively put on hold

Justice Balakrishnan however said no decision has been taken on dropping Justice Dinakaran for promotion observing that his name has only been ‘delinked’ from the other four judges at this stage for elevation.

When asked about media reports that Dinakaran’s name has been dropped,the CJI,who at first only replied,”No,no”,later said,”We have not taken any decision as yet”.

Balakrishnan,who appeared reluctant to speak to the media,said the decision asking the government to process the names of other four judges means that Dinakaran’s name has been ‘delinked’ at this stage for his appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court.

The five-judge Collegium headed by CJI had earlier cleared along with that of Dinakaran the names of A K Patnaik, T S Thakur,S S Nijjar and K S Radhakrishnan,Chief Justices of the Madhya Pradesh High Court,Punjab and Haryana High Court Calcutta High Court and Gujarat High Court respectively.

Law Minister M Veerappa Moily preferred not to comment on a pointed question that the CJI has gone on record to say that he has written a letter to the Law Ministry on the Dinakaran’s issue.