"I approached BJP and BJP also approached me"

A sitting Calcutta High Court judge said this on the very same day he tendered his resignation as a judge. Two days later, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This is what you might well call an arranged, love marriage!

That begs serious questions:

The judge in question could very well put up a (weak) defence, saying this is not the first time this has happened.

In 1967, prior to his retirement, former Chief Justice of India Koka Subba Rao stepped down three months early to run as an Opposition candidate against Congress's Zakir Hussain in the presidential polls. Similarly, in 1983, former Supreme Court judge Baharul Islam resigned six weeks before his retirement to contest the Lok Sabha polls as a Congress candidate from Assam's Barpeta seat. More recently, Justice Abhay Thipsay, who gave the verdict against Amit Shah, joined the Congress soon after retirement.

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