Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Supreme Court Judge Seeks Change at Rajasthan High Court
Justice Sandeep Mehta is a judge on India’s Supreme Court.
Before that, he worked at the Rajasthan High Court.
He reportedly wrote three letters to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant.
The letters were sent on August 2, August 10 and August 17.
Mehta asked for the Rajasthan High Court’s Chief Justice to be chosen from another high court.
He said that doing nothing would hurt the institution.
The report describes this as a request concerning the acting Chief Justice.
The report does not give the acting Chief Justice’s name or explain what decision followed.
Justice Sandeep Mehta reportedly wrote three letters to CJI Surya Kant.
The letters were dated August 2, August 10 and August 17.
Mehta asked that Rajasthan High Court’s Chief Justice be appointed from another high court.
He cautioned that continued inaction would be “wholly against the interest of the Institution.”
Mehta was elevated to the Supreme Court from the Rajasthan High Court.
- Who
- Supreme Court Judge Sandeep Mehta and CJI Surya Kant.
- What
- Mehta reportedly sought the appointment of Rajasthan High Court’s Chief Justice from another high court.
- When
- The letters were dated August 2, August 10 and August 17; the year is not specified.
- Where
- The issue concerns the Rajasthan High Court and the Supreme Court.
- Why
- Mehta cautioned that further inaction would be “wholly against the interest of the Institution.”
- Request
- Appointment of the Rajasthan High Court’s Chief Justice from another high court
- Letter writer
- Justice Sandeep Mehta
- Recipient
- CJI Surya Kant
- Letter dates
- August 2, August 10 and August 17
- Previous court
- Rajasthan High Court
- Current court
- Supreme Court
- Warning
- Further inaction would be “wholly against the interest of the Institution.”