Patel, judge who ordered Ishrat Jahan murder probe got transferred
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Sep 26, 2017, 11:40 PM
Justice Jayant Patel of the Karnataka high court who ordered a CBI investigation into killing of Ishrat Jahan , a Mumbai college girl shot dead with three men by police in 2004 on the suspicion of being a terrorist
resigned from his post to oppose a move to transfer him to Allahabad.
The Supreme Court shifted Patel, the second senior-most judge in Karnataka due to which he will become third most senior judge.
"I have put in my papers on Monday.The chief Justice of India has sent me a letter seeking my consent to be transferred to Allahabad high court. However, I choose to resign," he said.