The Hindu : Karnataka judges cleared

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Monday, Feb 03, 2003

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Karnataka judges cleared

New Delhi Feb. 2. A high-level judicial inquiry committee today gave a "clean chit" to three Karnataka High Court judges in the Mysore sex scandal, saying it found ``no evidence'' against them.

The committee, in its report submitted to the Chief Justice of India, V. N. Khare, said it found ``no evidence'' against the judges, Justice N. S. Vervadraiah, Justice Chandrasekhariah and Justice V. Gopala Gowda, authoritative sources said.

The report of the committee, which comprised the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Justice C. K. Thakkar, the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, Justice J. L. Gupta, and a senior judge of the Orissa High Court, Justice A. K. Patnaik, comes after an extensive probe which lasted more than two months.

The committee spoke to a cross-section of people, including the owner of the resort in question at Mysore and a few journalists, the sources said.

The enquiry committee was set up by the former CJI, G. B. Pattanaik, on the basis of a report submitted by the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court on the alleged involvement of the judges in the scandal. — PTI

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