Overview
- The High Court modified its January 20 order on January 22, sending Aditya Singh back to his original post and appointing Deepak Kumar Jaiswal as Sambhal’s Chief Judicial Magistrate.
- Vibhanshu Sudhir’s transfer to Sultanpur stands confirmed, days after his January 9 directive to register an FIR naming several police officers over the November 2024 unrest.
- The Registrar General’s latest notification formed part of a large statewide reshuffle moving hundreds of judicial officers.
- Local lawyers protested the transfers, calling them demoralising and demanding a rollback, while political leaders urged higher-court scrutiny.
- Sambhal police said a previous judicial inquiry had been completed, stated the FIR ordered by the CJM will not be registered, and announced plans to appeal the order.