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The Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association has written to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, requesting him to transfer the court\u2019s third most senior\u00a0judge, Sanjay Yadav, from the state because of his alleged misbehaviour with lawyers,\u00a0Live Law<\/em>\u00a0reported on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lawyers are apprehensive that Yadav may become the acting chief justice at the court\u2019s principal bench in Jabalpur after the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the elevation of two judges senior to him. Justice Ravi Shankar Jha, who is the high court\u2019s acting chief justice, has been named for the post of chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court while Justice JK Maheshwari\u2019s name has been proposed for appointment as the first chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHonourable Shri\u00a0Justice Sanjay Yadav\u2019s presence at Jabalpur in his capacity as administrative judge\/acting chief justice shall be detrimental to the smooth functioning of the high court and shall most positively derail the justice dispensation process,\u201d\u00a0Bar and Bench<\/em>\u00a0quoted the bar association as saying in its September 5 resolution that was signed by its president and secretary, as well as the secretary of the district bar association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lawyers\u2019 association alleged that Yadav\u2019s \u201cconsistent and continuous misbehaviour with advocates\u201d factored in its decision to pass the resolution. \u201cThere have been abstentions and boycott of his lordship\u2019s court on many an occasion,\u201d it added. \u201cAs honourable Shri Justice Sanjay Yadav hails from Jabalpur, he has personal likes and dislikes towards counsels, which also is clearly reflected in his court conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bar association alleged lawyers and bar associations had lodged several complaints. \u201cIn the past also his lordship was transferred from the principal bench Jabalpur to the the bench at Gwalior for the same reasons,\u201d it added. \u201c<\/em>The bar associations at Gwalior and Indore benches of the High Court on many occasions have passed resolution seeking for transfer of Justice Shri Sanjay Yadav out of state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The High Court Bar Association accused the judge of having \u201ca vindictive attitude and personality hostility with a number of practising advocates at Jabalpur\u201d. It added that many senior lawyers hadstopped appearing in Yadav\u2019s court. \u201c<\/em>The environment in his courtroom continuously remains charged and hostile and potentially heading to conflict on day to day basis,\u201d the lawyers\u2019 association told Gogoi.<\/p>\n