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Sitting HC Judge Prosecution
July 31 , 2019
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- Justice SN Shukla of the Allahabad High Court has become the first sitting high court judge to be prosecuted while in office in nearly three decades.
- Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi has allowed the CBI to lodge a FIR against Justice Shukla.
- This is the first such case since the landmark Supreme Court Judgement in the K. Veeraswami vs Union of India, 1991.
K.Veeraswami Case
- In this case, the court issued an order that Chief Justice’s permission was “mandatory” for the filing of even a first information report (FIR) against any Judge of the High Courts and the Supreme Court.
- The sanctioning authority for Prosecution is the President of India.
- But the Court has also laid down the procedure that the President “shall” act in accordance with advice given by the Chief Justice of India.
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