The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) said it had received a request for a favourable order from “one of the most revered members of the higher judiciary,” following which Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma in Chennai recused himself from the insolvency case.
The tribunal was considering an appeal related to the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) of a Hyderabad-based company. On August 13, Justice Sharma disclosed that he had been approached externally and chose to recuse himself from the proceedings, reported the Bar and Bench.
His recusal has necessitated the reassignment of the case to a different bench by the NCLAT chairperson. The integrity of the judicial process is being closely scrutinised in light of these…