2019 (8) TMI 197

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.... letter bearing reference no. 167/D&SC(E) dated 30.05.2019, to the Registrar General, High Court of Sikkim along with a copy of Order passed by him on 29.05.2019 in Sessions Trial (PMLA) Case No. 01 of 2018 : Enforcement Directorate, Government of India vs. Shri Vinay Rai & 12 Others, expressing his difficulties to proceed with the matter. 2. Order passed by the learned Special Judge on 29.05.2....

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....tter of Mahesh Chettri & Another vs. State of Sikkim & Others, has given the grounds on which cases can be transferred from one Court to another. Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the above Order is extracted herein below:- "(4) In the present case, this fact was brought before the learned District Judge that earlier his father, being the Additional Advocate General of the State, had appeared for the....

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.... their individual capacity. Nothing wrong in it. (5) In my view, it is the duty of a Judge to hear every matter placed before him without fear or favour. A Judge can recuse when he or his family members' interest is involved in the case. He can also recuse when his close relative is a party in the lis. He can recuse from a case where one of the parties is known to him and is closely assoc....