‘2 judges were present at house where cash was delivered, why was the fact concealed?’

Chandigarh, October 21: CASH AT JUDGE’S DOOR:Senior Bar member says one of the judges made a ‘sustained, conscious and wilful’ effort to influence investigation, claims Bansal was in touch with the other judge’s son

Adding new dimensions to the cash-at-judge’s-door case, Advocate Anupam Gupta, who is also the senior standing counsel for the UT Administration, made certain startling revelations at the General House of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association on Tuesday.

Gupta, who is known for being vocal on various issues, claimed that there were two judges — one a Supreme Court judge and the other a senior HC judge — present at the Sector 11 residence of the judge where a packet containing Rs 15 lakh in cash was “wrongly” delivered on August 13.

Gupta declared that Sanjeev Bansal, former Haryana additional advocate general and an accused in the case, was in constant touch with the same SC judge’s son between August 14 and 16, the day the FIR in the case was registered. “As many as five calls and an SMS were exchanged between Bansal and the judge’s son,” he said.

“I am convinced that the packet was mistakenly delivered at the HC judge’s residence in Sector 11, but why has the presence of two judges at her residence been concealed,” Gupta questioned.

He alleged that the senior HC judge present there had made a “sustained, conscious and wilful” effort to obstruct and influence the investigation.

“This senior judge even made a call to the SHO concerned. No HC judge ever calls up an SHO directly. After the incident took place, records show, this judge went towards the northern sectors in Chandigarh and made a call to Bansal. He was in a state of total panic,” claimed Gupta.

The advocate also accepted the demand made by an NGO that he should be examined by the CBI to find out his “interest” in the case. “I accept the challenge to be examined by the CBI. Let me state publicly that I will only be too happy to be examined. Place me in your custody, conduct lie-detector and narco-analysis tests. I assure it will be all the worse for you, not for me.”

Gupta informed the General House that Jai Parkash, senior munshi of Sanjeev Bansal, was well known to Ravinder Singh, the Delhi-based businessman and alleged kingpin in the case. “This fact stands corroborated by the 222 calls made between the two in the last six and a half months,” said Gupta.

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Defamation by Reena on 2008-11-25 19:52:54.928729+05:30
The comments of this senior advocate smell of jealousy of somekind. Let him explain why he is taking so much personal interest in this case and spares no chance to humiliate and defame Bansal. This details od Bansal's calls came to his knowledge in his official capacity as Standing council which should be privileged information.Why is he flaunting it like that? Let him first resign as Standing council and then talk about these things. At the moment, the case is out of his hands and with the CBI. Why should he poke his nose everywhere? I feel that there is a strong case to investigate him and the calls he has made from his mobile to his different connections who could be using him to victimise Bansal.

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