CBI registers disproportionate assets case against former CAT and SAT judicial member Jog Singh, wife

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) earlier this week registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Jog Singh, former judicial member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) and Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) Mumbai, and his wife, for allegedly having disproportionate assets..The complaint by Inspector Ranjeet Pandey, CBI ACB Mumbai stated that a preliminary enquiry (PE) was registered in 2019 against Singh and his wife. The allegations were that Singh had acquired immovable assets in his and his family member’s names which are disproportionate to their known source of income.Thus, Singh has prima facie committed gross misconduct by accumulating huge properties in his name and in the name of his family members which are disproportionate to their source of income, CBI claimed.The enquiry revealed that from the December 2006 to December 2018, as the sitting judicial member of two tribunals, Singh had accumulated movable and immovable assets disproportionate to his income..Singh was an advocate practising before the Delhi High Court before being elevated as judicial member of CAT, Bombay Bench, on December 7, 2006. His tenure was extended for the second time in December 2011.In February 2013, he was selected as a judicial member of SAT, Mumbai, and relinquished the same in December 2018..The enquiry revealed that during his tenure (2006-2018) in the two tribunals, Singh acquired property worth ₹1,86,33,769. Singh’s income in that period was ₹2,70,54,279 while his expenditure was found to be ₹5,28,35,833.Singh was found to be in possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of ₹4,44,15,323, which is 164% more than his income.Singh’s wife allegedly actively abetted the offence of her husband by way of acquiring immovable properties in her name..“Therefore it is prima facie established that during 2006-2018, Singh, being a public servant, abused his official position and committed the offence punishable under Sections 13 (criminal misconduct by public servant) of Prevention of Corruption Act by amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income,” the FIR states.The couple was additionally booked under Section 109 of the Indian Penal Code for abetment..[Read FIR]

CBI registers disproportionate assets case against former CAT and SAT judicial member Jog Singh, wife

Neha Joshi

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