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Chief Justice (CJI) of India Sanjeev Khanna told advocate Mathews Nedumpra that your case was listed when he requested the bench to hear the case immediately. The CJI asked him not to make any public statement and said that he would take the date of hearing from the registry.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it has listed a petition seeking to register an FIR against Delhi High Court Judge Yashwant Verma. The petition accused of allegedly receiving and withdrawing cash from his government residence during an accidental fire on the midnight of 14 and 15 March. Chief Justice (CJI) of India Sanjeev Khanna told advocate Mathews Nedumpra that your case was listed when he requested the bench to hear the case immediately. The CJI asked him not to make any public statement and said that he would take the date of hearing from the registry.
The lawyer told the bench that an FIR should be lodged against the judge only one thing (needs to do). Nedumpra appreciated the CJI for making public communication and other documents related to the dispute. You have done a great job. Another petitioner in the case said that if such a huge amount was found by a businessman, the enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department etc. agencies would have followed him.
The Supreme Court had decided in the Veeraswamy vs India Union of 1991 that prior approval of the Chief Justice of India is mandatory to register a criminal case under Section 154 of the Criminal Procedure Code against a current High Court or Supreme Court judge. This has been challenged in the petition. The above instructions form a special class of privileged men/women, which is free from the country’s punishment laws.
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