Madras HC allows Quo-warranto against retired judge

The Madras High Court allowed a Quo-warranto petition against N Kannadasan, who was appointed as the President of the State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (SCDRC). A Division Bench, comprising Justices P K Misra and A Kulasekaran, set aside the Government Order for the appointment of Mr Kannadasan. Mr Kannadasan, a former Additional Judge of the Madras High Court, was not confirmed as a permanent judge. Later, Mr Kannadasan accorded the status of a retired judge of the High Court and was appointed as the President of the SCDRC. However, this was challenged by Advocate Annametha and ten other advocates. In their petition, they had submitted that there were certain allegations against Mr Kannadasan, in view of which he was not confirmed as a regular judge. Only a retired High Court Judge could be made President of the SCDRC. Hence, his appointment was against the law, it should be quashed. The petitioners also challenged his status as a retired judge.

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