A letter addressed to five senior judges of the Supreme Court Ā seeking an in-house inquiry in allegations of impropriety against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra has been filed by advocate Prashant Bhushan who is representing the NGO Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR).
A letter to this effect has been addressed to the five senior-most judges of the Supreme Court, barring CJI Misra ā JusticesĀ Jasti Chelameswar,Ā Ranjan Gogoi,Ā Madan B Lokur,Ā Kurian JosephĀ andĀ AK Sikri.
In addition to the complaint, CJAR has sought the evolution of the mechanism in the event of a complaint against the CJI. “The in-house complaint mechanism is silent on the procedure for complaints against the CJI. Senior judges of the SC must evolve a mechanism for complaints against the CJI,” the letter read.
Bhushan referred to the medical college bribery scam when the CJI denied to permit the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from filing an FIR against a sitting judge at the Allahabad High Court. He also referred to a case where the CJI antedated an administrative order that amounts to forgery.
The advocate further narrated the transcripts of a conversation between retired Orissa high court judge IM Quddusi and a representative from Prasad Educational Trust seeking an arrangement to get favourable orders. It maybe noted that the CBI filed an FIR and arrested the retired judge in September 2017.
Detailing the medical college bribery scam, Bhushan elaborated that there was enough evidence to establish that the college management paid bribes to influence the case. However, Bhushan clarified that there was no clear evidence against CJI Misra.
“The court did a number of flip-flops. First, it allowed the case to be withdrawn from it and allowed the Allahabad HC to take it up. It later reversed the HC judgement and allowed a fresh plea,” Bhushan said.
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