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The Karnataka High Court has struck down three circulars issued by its Chief Justice P D Dinakaran against whom allegations of land-grabbing have been raised.
The first circular that was quashed by a Division Bench,comprising Justice N Kumar and Justice Srinivasagowda on Friday,concerned the Chief Justices power to hear cases filed by staff of High Court and judicial officers against administrative decisions.
The second circular that was struck down related to the sitting Chief Justices jurisdiction in deciding which circuit Bench should hear a particular case. The judgement paves the way for litigants in North Karnataka to approach the principal Bench directly,which they could not do earlier.
The Bench also overturned a third circular which had ordered the court registry to list all interlocutory applications as miscellaneous petitions. Justice Dinakaran had issued these circulars on December 29 last.
Justice Dinakaran has not been sitting on the Bench after land-grabbing allegations surfaced against him,over which impeachment proceedings are on in the Rajya Sabha.
