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Judge gets justice after 11 years

NEW DELHI: Justice can be delayed but not denied. And this time it was the turn of a Judge to realise the bitter truth of the old adage, as it is normally the common man who is at the receiving end.

Eleven years after he was demoted to a lower cadre a Full Bench of the Delhi High Court has ordered that Judge M S Rohilla shall be deemed to have continued as a Member of the Delhi Higher Judicial Service till the date he was compulsorily retired from service on September 28, 2001.

The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Vijender Jain, A K Sikri and B N Chaturvedi also ordered that Rohilla shall be entitled to all the financial and pensionary benefits to which he may be entitled pursuant to the order.

Demoted

An erstwhile officer of the Delhi Judicial Service, Rohilla, who was holding the rank of an Additonal District Judge was demoted to the rank of a civil judge by an adminstrative order of the High Court on February 2, 1995.

Ironically, Rohilla's representation challenging his demotion was rejected by a Full Court on September 23, 1995.

Aggrieved by the rejection, Rohilla filed a fresh petition before a Two-Member Bench which referred the matter to a Full Bench. - PTI

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