SC Orders Transfer of Assam NRC Coordinator Prateek Hajela

The Supreme Court on Friday directed an immediate inter-cadre transfer of Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator Prateek Hajela to Madhya Pradesh for maximum period permissible under relevant guidelines.

The order was passed by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A Bobde and R F Nariman.

To a query from Attorney General K K Venugopal if there was a reason behind the decision, CJI Gogoi said, “Can there be any order without a reason?”. The CJI, however, did not specify any reason.