Overview

• Chief Justice B R Gavai assigned the top court’s Secretary General to determine whether a High Court or Supreme Court judge made the approach, with any further action to follow the findings.
• On August 13, NCLAT Judicial Member Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma recused from a reserved insolvency appeal after recording that a “most revered” higher‑judiciary member sought a favourable order.
• The case involves KLSR Infratech’s appeal against NCLT Hyderabad’s admission of the company into CIRP on a petition by creditor AS Met Corp, and the matter now awaits reassignment to a fresh bench.
• In court, Justice Sharma showed recent call logs or a phone message to counsel without disclosing contents, and Technical Member Jatindranath Swain also flagged concerns about the process’s integrity.
• No individual has been identified in the approach, and regional political claims tying the episode to a senior Congress leader remain unverified.