CBI ready to prosecute retired Allahabad HC judge

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

New Delhi, Nov 26: The CBI has acquired the sanction to prosecute retired Allahabad Excessive Courtroom Decide Justice SN Shukla in a corruption case for allegedly favouring a personal medical school in his orders, officers mentioned, in line with a PTI report.

The CBI had utilized for a go forward from the excessive court docket to prosecute the retired decide on April 16 this 12 months, in accordance with the Prevention of Corruption Act, they mentioned.

With the excessive court docket giving its nod, the CBI can proceed with a chargesheet towards the retired decide.

Apart from Justice Shukla of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad Excessive Courtroom, the company had additionally named retired Chhattisgarh Excessive Courtroom decide I M Quddusi, Bhagwan Prasad Yadav and Palash Yadav of the Prasad Training Belief, the belief itself and personal individuals Bhavna Pandey and Sudhir Giri within the FIR, they mentioned.

The accused have been booked beneath Part 120B of the IPC (felony conspiracy) and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

In an effort to to get a beneficial order, unlawful gratification was allegedly paid to one of many accused named within the FIR by the belief, the officers mentioned.

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The CBI doesn’t want sanction to prosecute Quddusi as he was a retired decide on the time the alleged offence happened and allegedly acted within the capability of a personal individual. Shukla joined the Allahabad Excessive Courtroom on October 5, 2005 and retired on July 17, 2020, in line with the Excessive Courtroom web site.

After submitting the FIR, the CBI had performed searches at a number of places in Lucknow, Meerut and Delhi.

It’s alleged that the Prasad Institute of Medical Sciences was debarred by the Centre from admitting college students attributable to substandard amenities and non-fulfilment of the required standards in Might 2017, together with 46 different medical schools that have been additionally debarred on related grounds, the officers mentioned.

The choice to debar was challenged by the belief earlier than the Supreme Courtroom by a writ petition, they added.

Subsequently, a conspiracy was hatched by these named within the FIR and the petition withdrawn with the court docket’s permission.

One other writ petition was filed earlier than the Lucknow bench of the excessive court docket on August 24, 2017, the officers mentioned.

It was additional alleged within the FIR that the petition was heard on August 25, 2017 by a division bench of the court docket comprising Justice Shukla and a beneficial order was handed the identical day, they added.

(PTI)