Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday said that the allegations made by a Supreme Court judge against Acting Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court Sanjeev Prakash Sharma were being examined at the “appropriate level”, reported Live Law.In letters to Kant earlier this month, Justice Sandeep Mehta alleged that Sharma manipulated the listing of cases to favour rich litigants and used his position to appoint persons close to him in administrative posts.Mehta sought that the acting chief justice be replaced “with immediate effect”.Taking note of Mehta’s complaint, Kant said on Wednesday that Sharma had to be given an opportunity to respond, reported Bar and Bench.“The contents of the letters cannot be adjudicated in the public domain and that the concerned judge must be given a fair opportunity to place his response before any conclusion is reached,” Kant was quoted as saying by the legal news outlet.He added: “The fact that allegations have been made, therefore, cannot by itself be treated as a finding against the judge.”Kant said that a decision regarding Sharma’s transfer would be taken after examining his response as well as the material presented by Mehta.Sharma was appointed as a Rajasthan High Court judge in November 2016 and transferred to the Patna High Court in 2022.After Sharma sought to return to Rajasthan on health grounds, the collegium headed by DY Chandrachud, the chief justice at the time, declined his request in March 2023. Sharma was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court instead.In May 2025, a fresh collegium recommended his return to Rajasthan. He later became the acting chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court.Mehta was elevated to the Supreme Court from the Rajasthan High Court.In his letters to Kant, Mehta claimed that several judges of the Rajasthan High Court had approached him during his visits to the state and expressed concerns about Sharma’s conduct.The Supreme Court judge also highlighted a complaint by an advocate addressed to Justice Vikram Nath and copied to him and 15 others, which alleged that Sharma had used his position as acting chief justice to secure permanent appointments to Lok Adalats in Jaipur and Ajmer for persons close to him. These included a childhood friend and the spouses of two district judges.In letters dated August 2, August 10 and August 17, Mehta repeatedly urged Kant to appoint a chief justice from another High Court, warning that the continued failure to act was “wholly against the interest of the institution”.Edited by Nachiket Deuskar.