The Chief Justice of India, S.H. Kapadia had given a green signal in September 2010 to the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) to probe the alleged role of Justice Nirmal Yadav of the Uttarakhand High Court..The Chief Justice of India, S.H. Kapadia had given a green signal in September 2010 to the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) to probe the alleged role of Justice Nirmal Yadav (pictured) of the Uttarakhand High Court..NDTV reports that on the day that she was meant to retire, a charge sheet will be filed against Justice Nirmal Yadav for corruption. If the CBI indeed files the charge sheet today, Justice Yadav would be the first sitting judge of the High Court to be faced with such an action..President Pratibha Patil, who is the appointing authority of High Court judges has already sanctioned Justice Yadav’s prosecution on February 28..Having filed closure report in the Trial Court last year, the CBI demanded revival of the case by inquiring about the irregular purchase of land in Solan, by Justice Yadav and her relatives. CBI claims that the cash delivered mistakenly at the doorstep of Justice Kaur was actually meant for Justice Yadav for payments to be made towards the Solan land deal. What delayed the progress in the ongoing investigation was an observation in the file by an investigating officer, requiring fresh permission from the CJI for proceeding with the probe into the land scam..In yet another proceeding, this time concerning Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court, has been delayed because of the ongoing polls reports Telegraph..Telegraph reports that though there was “unanimous” support for the impeachment motion, the Rajya Sabha business advisory committee was yet to fix a date for it. Unless both Houses pass the motion in the session in which it is moved, it will lapse..According to procedure, the motion has to be heard first in the bar of the Rajya Sabha, which would take a whole day, the sources said. Since the judge’s version too must be heard, the hearing has to be held on a mutually convenient date..Having heard the judge, the Rajya Sabha must take a call for or against the motion. That would take another couple of days. The procedure must then be repeated in the Lok Sabha in the same session, within seven days of a decision by the Rajya Sabha..Since Parliament will be busy with other pressing matters such as passing the Finance Bill and the Railway Budget, the Houses may not be able to spare three consecutive days each for the impeachment motion, the sources added..Judicial work has been withdrawn from Sen, who had ignored the Chief Justice of India’s advice to resign or seek voluntary retirement after a probe by a three-member peers’ panel found him guilty. Instead, he went on medical leave. He has returned from leave but is handling only administrative work..There have been divergent views on Justice Sen’s impeachment. While Sitaram Yetchury has pressed for the impeachment, his former party colleague and Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee had pledged his support to Justice Sen.
The Chief Justice of India, S.H. Kapadia had given a green signal in September 2010 to the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) to probe the alleged role of Justice Nirmal Yadav of the Uttarakhand High Court..The Chief Justice of India, S.H. Kapadia had given a green signal in September 2010 to the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) to probe the alleged role of Justice Nirmal Yadav (pictured) of the Uttarakhand High Court..NDTV reports that on the day that she was meant to retire, a charge sheet will be filed against Justice Nirmal Yadav for corruption. If the CBI indeed files the charge sheet today, Justice Yadav would be the first sitting judge of the High Court to be faced with such an action..President Pratibha Patil, who is the appointing authority of High Court judges has already sanctioned Justice Yadav’s prosecution on February 28..Having filed closure report in the Trial Court last year, the CBI demanded revival of the case by inquiring about the irregular purchase of land in Solan, by Justice Yadav and her relatives. CBI claims that the cash delivered mistakenly at the doorstep of Justice Kaur was actually meant for Justice Yadav for payments to be made towards the Solan land deal. What delayed the progress in the ongoing investigation was an observation in the file by an investigating officer, requiring fresh permission from the CJI for proceeding with the probe into the land scam..In yet another proceeding, this time concerning Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court, has been delayed because of the ongoing polls reports Telegraph..Telegraph reports that though there was “unanimous” support for the impeachment motion, the Rajya Sabha business advisory committee was yet to fix a date for it. Unless both Houses pass the motion in the session in which it is moved, it will lapse..According to procedure, the motion has to be heard first in the bar of the Rajya Sabha, which would take a whole day, the sources said. Since the judge’s version too must be heard, the hearing has to be held on a mutually convenient date..Having heard the judge, the Rajya Sabha must take a call for or against the motion. That would take another couple of days. The procedure must then be repeated in the Lok Sabha in the same session, within seven days of a decision by the Rajya Sabha..Since Parliament will be busy with other pressing matters such as passing the Finance Bill and the Railway Budget, the Houses may not be able to spare three consecutive days each for the impeachment motion, the sources added..Judicial work has been withdrawn from Sen, who had ignored the Chief Justice of India’s advice to resign or seek voluntary retirement after a probe by a three-member peers’ panel found him guilty. Instead, he went on medical leave. He has returned from leave but is handling only administrative work..There have been divergent views on Justice Sen’s impeachment. While Sitaram Yetchury has pressed for the impeachment, his former party colleague and Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee had pledged his support to Justice Sen.