#Uttarakhand Chief justice #KMJoseph ,who quashed Prez rule, transferred to AndhraPradesh 

#Nainital / #NewDelhi : Uttarakhand high court chief justice KM Joseph, who recently quashed President’s rule in the state, has been transferred to the Andhra Pradesh HC as its new head.

A bench headed by KM  Joseph had quashed President’s Rule in the state where the Congress government headed by chief minister Harish Rawat has been facing a rebellion by nine legislators.

KM Joseph’s transfer comes at the time when the matter is being heard in the Supreme Court and has raised eyebrows in certain sections.

Chief justice KM Joseph and justice V K Bist of Uttarakhand high court, who quashed imposition of President’s rule in the state on April 21

On Wednesday, the apex court adjourned the hearing on the Centre’s plea against the HC’s order revoking President’s rule in the hill state tillMay 6. Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi told the SC that the Centre is seriously considering its suggestion to hold floor test in Uttarakhand.

Justice KM  Joseph had made a mark with his observations about the President and the central government during the hearings on Rawat’s petition challenging the President’s rule.

During the court hearings, he was critical of the fact whether the principles of natural justice had been used while implementing Article 356 in the state. He had rapped attorney general Mukul Rohtagi for his pleas saying the imposition of the central rule was justified as the constitutional machinery had failed and there was some possibility of anarchy.

Justice KM Joseph had asked several questions of both sides over the justification and non-justification and wrote the 99-page judgement after 42 hours of hearing that were conducted between March 30 and April 20. In the judgement, the court had quashed President’s rule and asked for the conduction of a floor test on April 29.
The apex court later stayed the decision.