'Judge on cycle' reaches Bhopal on the way to Jabalpur

Suspended additional sessions judge R K Shrivas, who has set off on a 700-km journey on bicycle from Neemuch to Jabalpur where he plans to stage 'satyagrah' to draw the attention of the Madhya Pradesh High Court to the 'injustice' meted out to him, today arrived here.
"I am fighting to seek justice not only for me but also for my colleagues who too have faced similar hardship," said Shrivas, flanked by number of lawyers.
When asked what would he do if he did not get justice in Jabalpur, Shrivas said he will then go to Delhi to fight for his rights.

His son could study in a school at Jabalpur only for 23 days and now he is forced to go to another schools (because of Shrivas' transfer to Neemuch), he said.
Shrivas had staged a sit-in outside the high court building in Jabalpur earlier this month to protest against his "frequent" transfers.
Shrivas today said he would try to ride nearly 100 km per day and reach Jabalpur in three more days via Mandideep, Gadarwara and Narsinghpur.

The suspended judge had also filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against judges of the MP high court.
A group of lawyers extended support to Shrivas on his arrival in Bhopal.

During the sit-in outside the MP high court in Jabalpur from August 1 to 3, Shrivas had alleged that he was transferred four times in fifteen months.
After he called off his protest, Shrivas was posted in Neemuch, and soon placed under suspension for "grave misconduct".
He also alleged that despite the Transfer Policy-2015, which says that a judicial officer could work at one place for maximum of three years, several officers were enjoying stints of as long as five years.
Shrivas started his career as a Judicial Magistrate First Class in 2000, and was promoted as additional district judge about three years ago.