The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State Committee has raised serious concerns about the Supreme Court Chief Justice Ujal Bhuyan’s warning on political interference in the judiciary. CPI(M) State Secretary M.V. Govindan said the Chief Justice’s alarming comments about the government eroding judicial independence should worry every citizen. "The Justice had obliquely referred to the Supreme Court Collegium rescinding its decision in October last to transfer Athul Sreedharan, a justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, to the Chhattisgarh High Court at the Central Government’s request. The decision has opened the door for the Central Government to bend the SC collegium to its will," he said. Mr. Govindan explained that Justice Sreedharan had become a trouble for the Madhya Pradesh BJP Government. "Mr Sreedharan, a Malayalee, had hauled up Vijay Shah, an MP and Minister, for disparaging army spokeswoman Colonel Sofia Quereshi on religious grounds. He had also ruled against illegal detentions by the Jammu and Kashmir administration," he added.