Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta has called for the immediate removal of acting Chief Justice of the Rajasthan high court Sanjeev Prakash Sharma. In his letter, accessed by HT, the SC judge has also accused Sharma of corruption, nepotism and favourtism in the high court.
In a letter to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Mehta has accused Sharma of misusing his powers and giving preferential treatment to “rich and influential” litigations.
In the letters written by Justice Mehta to the CJI, he has put forth various concerns regarding the functioning of the Rajasthan high court under Justice Sharma. He claimed that nearly all judges of the high court were nominated to attend the conference, leaving the Jodhpur principal seat without a single functional court for two days. Justice Sharma was appointed a judge of the Rajasthan High Court in November 2016 and transferred to the Patna High Court in January 2022. His request for repatriation to Rajasthan on health grounds was not accepted by the Supreme Court Collegium in March 2023, and instead he was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The Collegium then subsequently recommended his repatriation to Rajasthan in May 2025, where he has been serving as the acting chief justice. These are – Justice Mehta also slammed the functioning of the high court administration in connection with a three-day international conference in Jaipur from July 31 to August 2.
