Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan is all set to take some tough measures to tackle corruption in the judiciary.
Justice Balakrishnan has indicated that a High Court judge involved in the Rs 23 crore Ghaziabad Provident Fund (PF) scam is likely to be sacked.
Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan has ruled out an in-house probe as the CBI is already investigating the case.
"The case is being investigated by the CBI. So, I don't think the parallel in-house procedure is proper. This is only a question of confirmation." the CJI said.
Justice AK Singh of the Allahabad High Court will be asked to leave some time next week.
The decision to sack Justice Singh was taken in light of a damning in-house report against the judge. Justice Singh will not be confirmed now.
The Chief Justice has also revealed that two more judges from the Allahabad High Court were under the scanner and would be dealt with soon. In all, 34 judges from all the three tiers of the judiciary are suspected to be involved in the scam.
Earlier this year, the Uttar Pradesh Police had claimed to have strong evidence on the alleged involvement of these judges in the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 23 crore from the PF of Class III and IV employees in the Ghaziabad judiciary.
The matter was referred to the Central Bureau of Investigation which is yet to give its report.
Senior Supreme Court lawyer Harish Salve said corruption in judiciary is unfortunate and such incidents should be dealt with firmly.
"It is unfortunate that our judicial system is falling to the ground like this. A number of officials at different tiers of the judiciary were involved in siphoning public funds. The High Court is supposed to supervise subordinate courts. If there is a problem at the HC then it is a systemic and not an individual problem. Chief Justice is doing what little he can but we need a public outcry. We need to take the power of impeachment out of the political process," Salve said.
Justice Balakrishnan has indicated that a High Court judge involved in the Rs 23 crore Ghaziabad Provident Fund (PF) scam is likely to be sacked.
Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan has ruled out an in-house probe as the CBI is already investigating the case.
"The case is being investigated by the CBI. So, I don't think the parallel in-house procedure is proper. This is only a question of confirmation." the CJI said.
Justice AK Singh of the Allahabad High Court will be asked to leave some time next week.
The decision to sack Justice Singh was taken in light of a damning in-house report against the judge. Justice Singh will not be confirmed now.
The Chief Justice has also revealed that two more judges from the Allahabad High Court were under the scanner and would be dealt with soon. In all, 34 judges from all the three tiers of the judiciary are suspected to be involved in the scam.
Earlier this year, the Uttar Pradesh Police had claimed to have strong evidence on the alleged involvement of these judges in the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 23 crore from the PF of Class III and IV employees in the Ghaziabad judiciary.
The matter was referred to the Central Bureau of Investigation which is yet to give its report.
Senior Supreme Court lawyer Harish Salve said corruption in judiciary is unfortunate and such incidents should be dealt with firmly.
"It is unfortunate that our judicial system is falling to the ground like this. A number of officials at different tiers of the judiciary were involved in siphoning public funds. The High Court is supposed to supervise subordinate courts. If there is a problem at the HC then it is a systemic and not an individual problem. Chief Justice is doing what little he can but we need a public outcry. We need to take the power of impeachment out of the political process," Salve said.
