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Political parties successful Uttar Pradesh connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026) questioned the transportation of Sambhal Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Vibhanshu Sudheer, who had directed a First Information Report (FIR) to beryllium lodged against constabulary officers successful transportation with communal unit successful Sambhal successful November 2024.
The Congress described the transportation arsenic politically motivated. In a much cautious approach, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav warned that lone an autarkic judiciary tin supply guardianship to the Constitution.
Some lawyers successful Sambhal besides protested Mr. Sudheer’s transfer, alleging that the determination undermines judicial independence. Their protestation was held adjacent the Chandausi constabulary presumption and the territory collectorate, wherever advocates raised slogans against the State authorities and described the transportation arsenic “the sidesplitting of justice”. They alleged that a “good judge” was being “demoted” for passing orders against constabulary officials.
On January 9, the CJM had directed an FIR to beryllium filed against erstwhile Circle Officer Anuj Chaudhary, Kotwali in-charge Anuj Tomar, and 15 to 20 different unidentified constabulary unit connected the ground of allegations that the constabulary had opened occurrence with the volition of sidesplitting a youth.
‘Politically motivated’
“The transportation of Chief Judicial Magistrate, who had ordered the registration of an FIR against the then-CO Anuj Chaudhary successful the Sambhal constabulary firing case, is politically motivated alternatively than a regular process. There are superior question marks owed to the timing of the transfer. It sends a broader connection which is for radical to understand. It is becoming a signifier wherever the authorities is putting unit connected the pillars of democracy,” Congress nationalist caput Shahnawaz Alam.
SP president Mr. Yadav made a cryptic station connected X. “Truth does not move, its spot is immovable. The usurpation of the independency of the judiciary is simply a nonstop usurpation of democracy. Only an autarkic judiciary tin supply guardianship of the Constitution,” helium said, sharing a video clip astir the transportation with his post.
The Allahabad High Court issued an administrative bid connected January 20, transferring 14 judicial officers, including Mr. Sudheer who has been transferred to Sultanpur arsenic Civil Judge (Senior Division).
