Thursday, August 7, 2008

SC JUDGE RECUSES HIMSELF FROM HEARING


Supreme Court Judge Justice B N Aggrawal, who was hearing the petition related to the Ghaziabad provident fund scam has recused himself from hearing the case. Aggrawal has said he was hurt by the contemptuous behaviour of the lawyers arguing the case.


The Supreme Court Judge was offended when Former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan insisted that the directions given by the apex court were in a way protecting corrupt Judicial Officers. Agrawal was also furious when another lawyer, Prashant Bhushan, dared the bench to initiate contempt proceedings against them.

The high profile Ghaziabad treasury scam case involves atleast 36 retired and sitting judges who allegedly benefited financially from the multi-crore Ghaziabad provident fund scam. The case involves an apex court judge, seven Allahabad High Court judges, six retired High Court judges and 12 judges from subordinate judiciary in Uttar Pradesh . The case was being heard by a three-judge bench headed by B N Aggarwal

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