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Wednesday, Nov 27, 2002

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Probe into charges against 3 judges

By Our Legal Correspondent

NEW DELHI Nov. 26. The Chief Justice of India, G.B. Pattanaik, has appointed a three-member committee of senior judges to probe the alleged involvement of three judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the Punjab Service Commission scam. The committee, comprising the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, A.R. Lakshmanan, the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Subhashan Reddy, and Justice Jha of the Allahabad High Court, has been asked to expedite the inquiry. Mr. Justice Pattanaik's response to appoint a committee is a sequel to the anguish expressed by him soon after he took over as the CJI over corruption in certain quarters of the judiciary.

The committee has been asked to study the report submitted by the former Chief Justice of the High Court, Saharya, submitted to the then Chief Justice, B.N. Kirpal, to find out the veracity or otherwise of the allegations against the three judges — Justice Amarbir Singh, Justice M.L. Singhal and Justice Mehtab Singh Gill.

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