Transfer of Cases
https://www.livelaw.in/columns/supreme-court-code-of-criminal-procedure-1908-transfer-petitions-176607 Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, in Maneka Sanjay Gandhi v. Rani Jethmalani; (1979) 4 SCC 167, had bestowed on 'Assurance of a fair trial', the status of the 'first imperative' and 'central criterion' in considering a motion for transfer. Nahar Singh Yadav vs. Union of India, (2011) 1 SCC 307, which held that no rigid and inflexible rule or test can be laid down to decide whether or not power under Section 406 should be exercised. R. Balakrishna Pillai vs. State of Kerala; (2000) 7 SCC 129, the Court rejected a prayer for transfer made on the ground that one of the Judges hearing the appeal had previously appeared as an advocate in a commission enquiring into an allegation of misconduct against the petitioner in another matter. Bhairu Ram vs. Central Bureau of Investigation; (2010) 7 SCC 799 , the Court held that, "mere inconvenience may not be sufficient grou...