Former Madhya Pradesh High Court judge Rohit Arya joins BJP

Former Madhya Pradesh High Court judge Rohit Arya joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday, Bar and Bench reported.

Arya confirmed to Live Law on Sunday that he had joined the BJP. “My thinking aligns with the philosophy of the BJP, a party that believes in human values,” Live Law quoted him as saying.

“A judge is a human being, too,” Arya told Live Law. “Once he retires, he has a life and can express his viewpoints; there is nothing wrong with it. Yes, a judge, while on his chair, must ensure that he adopts a non-partisan viewpoint.”

Arya was inducted into the Hindutva party by its state chief Raghavendra Sharma at the party office in Bhopal.

This came three months after Arya retired as a High Court judge.

Arya was enrolled as an advocate in 1984 and was designated as a senior advocate by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in 2003. His practice as an advocate focused on civil law, commercial law, arbitration, administrative law, service law, labour law and tax law, according to Bar and Bench.

He was elevated to the position of a judge in 2013 and became a permanent judge in 2015. He retired from on April 27.

Arya’s remarks during court proceedings often went viral on social media.

In January 2021, Arya denied bail to comedian Munawar Faruqui in a case pertaining to allegations that the comedian had...

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