Medical College Bribery Case: CJI Misra paves the way for removal of Allahabad HC Judge

Judiciary Jan 30, 2018 Editor : Shreya Bansal 0 Shares

In a crucial development in the medical college bribery case, the Chief Justice Dipak Misra today has paved the way for the removal of the Allahabad HC Judge SN Shukla, allegedly involved in the medical scam.

Also Read - CBI Books 16 Persons Over Social Media Posts Targeting Judges of Supreme Court & AP High Court

Acting on the recommendation of the Three-Judge in-house panel that has been set up by CJI Misra on December 8 last year after receiving two complaints in the matter, CJI has reportedly asked Justice Shukla to either resign or take voluntary retirement. However, Justice Shukla refused to do either. This prompted CJI to advise the Allahabad HC Chief Justice to withdraw Justice Shukla's cases with immediate effect.

This has also green signaled the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is probing the matter, to register a case against him.

Also Read - Jharkhand Govt. Withdraws ‘General Consent’ Granted to CBI to Investigate Cases in the State [READ ORDER]

It has been alleged that Justice Shukla has granted permission to private medical colleges to admit students despite a firm Supreme Court ban, which has also led CBI probe into the medical scam and arrest of a former Orissa HC judge IM Quddusi.

UP Police assault on lawyer in Etah: Allahabad High Court Bar Association Writes to Chief Justice for Suo Moto Cognizance of the Incident

Legal Insiders Dec 29, 2020 Dev Kumar Patel ( Editor: Ekta Joshi ) 7 Shares

The Allahabad High Court Bar Association has taken a various serious note of incident in Etah, Uttar Pradesh, where police broke open the door, and dragged and pulled an advocate and assaulted him mercilessly wherein the attack on a lawyer in uniform by the Uttar Pradesh Police.The Bar Association of Allahabad has issued letter to the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court and requested him to take "suo motu cognizance of the said incident and pass appropriate orders to maintain the law and...

Read full post

Rejection of Anticipatory Bail Not A Rationale For Questioning Maintainbility of Petition for Quashing Of FIR: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

Allahabad High Court Adv Manish Mishra Adv Anilesh Tewari Adv Desh Deepak Singh

Judiciary Dec 27, 2020 Dev Kumar Patel ( Editor: Ekta Joshi ) 95 Shares

The High Court of Allahabad held that for constituting an offence of abetment of suicide under Section 306 Indian Penal Code, 1860 there must be a proof of direct or indirect act of incitement leading to commission of suicide.The petition was filed by Advocate Desh Deepak Singh, Anilesh Tewari and Manish Mishra before the Allahabad high Court against the impugned F.I.R. lodged under Sections 147, 323, 504, 506 and 306 I.P.C., at Police Station, Bakshi Ka Talaab, District Lucknow.Petitioner...

Read full post