Madras HC judge recuses self over allegation lawyer took Rs 50 lakh to bribe him

CHENNAI: A Madras precocious tribunal justice recused himself from proceeding a transgression lawsuit pursuing an allegation that a elder advocator took 50 lakh from a lawsuit for a favourable order. The justice besides referred the contented to the vigilance cell.The contented pertained to a transgression revision petition and a transgression archetypal petition moved by N Ganesh Agarwal and Naresh Prasad Agarwal, successful transportation with an bid passed by the XII further peculiar justice for CBI cases, Chennai.On Feb 5, erstwhile the plea came up for hearing, Justice M Nirmal Kumar referred to a connection received by the registry from Union ministry of law. The connection came with an annexure, a practice from All India Lawyers' Association for Justice (AILAJ).The practice addressed to Justice Nirmal Kumar said: "A elder advocator collected 50 lakh from his client, stating that the said magnitude had to beryllium fixed to your lordship (Justice Nirmal Kumar) successful respect of the transgression revision and archetypal petitions heard by your lordship.""However, adjacent aft the receipt of the said amount, nary orders were passed till date. We, therefore, humbly petition your lordship to kindly walk a suitable bid successful favour of the client.

Otherwise, we petition your lordship to kindly initiate suitable enactment successful respect of the supra case," the practice signed by the caput of AILAJ said.The tribunal shared the connection with the peculiar nationalist authoritative for CBI K Srinivasan and elder counsel for the appellant, Murali Kumaran, appearing for Gopinath Agarwal.Murali Kumaran submitted that the allegations contained successful the practice were false, and helium was acceptable to cooperate with inquiry. HC not inclined to perceive this case: Judge Srinivasan submitted that this benignant of practice should not beryllium entertained, and specified practice affects the dignity of the tribunal and, therefore, stern steps should beryllium taken to find the idiosyncratic down specified mendacious practice and to instrumentality due action.Recording the submissions, Justice Nirmal Kumar said, "In presumption of circumstantial allegations contained successful the practice by AILAJ, Chennai, this tribunal finds it is due that the contented is referred to the vigilance compartment of the precocious court. Hence, this tribunal is not inclined to perceive this case." It is due that the substance is placed earlier the Chief Justice of the precocious tribunal for posting the lawsuit earlier an due seat and to contented due directions to the vigilance compartment to behaviour a hunt and to instrumentality due enactment successful this regard, the justice added.