1/19/2009
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has recommended to the government to transfer all the tainted judges of Allahabad, Punjab and Haryana and Uttarakhand High Courts in order to ensure free and fair investigation in cases of corruption involving judges of higher judiciary.
Justice R Mishra of Allahabad High Court is being sent to Punjab and Haryana High Court as he has been named as one of the benificiaries of the Rs seven crore Ghazibad District Court’s GPF scam. Three other judges of Allahabad and Uttarakhand High Courts are also on their way out to some other High Courts for similar reasons.
The final decision on the transfers would be taken by the Union Government.
The CJI has also proposed the transfer of Justice Nirmal Yadav from Punjab and Haryana High Court as she is allegedly involved in the cash-for-judge scam in which Rs 15 lakh were, by mistake delivered at the residence of another lady judge Justice Nirmaljit Kaur of the same High Court.
Justice Balakrishnan has already issued notices to Justice Yadav on the basis of a three-judge inquiry committee report, which had found her guilty of judicial misconduct.
Justice Yadav has, however, alleged in her letter to the CJI that a sitting Supreme Court judge was influencing the investigations in the scam and he was reportedly present at the residence of Justice Kaur when the money was taken by a clerk of Sanjeev Bansal, former Additional Advocate General of Haryana in August, 2008.
Justice Kaur had immediately reported the matter to the Police and had also taken the Chief Justice of the High Court Justice Tirath Singh Thakur into confidence.
Justice Yadav has already been sent on a long leave.
The Chief Justice has also recommended impeachment of a Kolkata High Court judge Justice Soumitra Sen for his alleged involvement in misappropriation of money belonging to Steel Authority of India Ltd in 1993 when he was an advocate.
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