Leave me out of Australia trip: Justice Dinakaran, at centre of SC row, tells CJI

Tannu Sharma Tags : Australia trip, P D Dinakaran, centre, SC row Posted: Thursday , Sep 17, 2009 at 0430 hrs New Delhi:

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Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, at the centre of a controversy following the levelling of serious allegations against him after his elevation to the Supreme Court, does not want to accompany Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and other judges on a trip to Australia scheduled to start this weekend.

Saying the allegations against him were “in bad taste” and an attempt “to tarnish the image of the judiciary”, Justice Dinakaran told The Indian Express today: “Let them say what they want to. I have nothing to hide. I know I am clean in my mind and heart. People know who Dinakaran was, who Dinakaran is. I come from an agrarian family and I don’t believe in suppressing facts.”

He said he does not want to go on the Australia trip. His office later said that a request had been made to the CJI to “recuse” Justice Dinakaran from the trip and a reply was awaited.

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A letter to the CJI, sent under the auspices of the Forum for Judicial Accountability, levelled charges of land grabbing and other “irregularities” against Justice Dinakaran. Top jurists including Fali S Nariman, Ram Jethmalani, Shanti Bhushan and Anil Divan had, in the letter, urged the CJI “not to appoint” Justice Dinakaran as a SC judge, to “initiate a thorough enquiry into all the allegations” against him and “take appropriate action thereafter.”

They even wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pratibha Patil, seeking intervention and calling for a probe into the allegations before notifying the appointment of Justice Dinakaran to the Supreme Court. They are likely to meet Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Thursday. Meanwhile, the SC Collegium is learnt to have convened another meeting on September 18.

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Racism of Shanthi BhushanBy: B V Rao | 19-Sep-2009 Reply | Forward How does a Judge who worked at Madras High Court for 10 Years and has been the CJ of Karnataka HC for over an year suddenly become corrupt on elevation to SC? Have all these so called eminent lawyers have opened their eyes just now? If Shanthi Bhushan's reported remarks on the "Dalit beingelevated to SC" are true then action must be taken against that fellow on Scheduled Caste Harassment Act for creatingand propogating ill will against a Judje as he is a "Dalit". But it appears Justice Dinakaran is a Christian and hence Scheduled Caste Atrocities Act may not apply. Then he(Santhibhushan)should be punished for casting aspersions on the present CJI as 'Dalit biased.' It is a serious crime to level caste based allegations against the CJI and devalue the judicial system deliberately for their racist conspiracy. Even the American White racists are better, as Sonia Sotomeyer could finally get confirmation to US Supreme Court; but the Hindu racists of India are such a powerful evil.

justiceBy: abcd | 19-Sep-2009 Reply | Forward IT IS UNFAIR TO TARGET THE JUDGE.THESE KIND OF PRESSURES MUST BE OVERLOOKED BY CJI AND APPOINT HIM.CHARGES RELATING TO WHEN HE WAS JUDGE OF ONE COURT AND CHIEF JUSTICE OF ANOTHER---IF THEY WERE NO BARRIER TO HIS APPOINTMENT AS JUDGE OF HIGH COURT AND CONTINUE AND FURTHER CJ OF A HIGH COURT AND CONTINUE THAN HOW CAN IT BE A BARRIER WHY ONLY FOR A SUPREME COURT JUDGE APPOINTMENT.THERE WAS A SAME LOBBY THAT DID SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN AGAINST APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICE KRISHNA IYER--AND HISTORY IS A WITNESS THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE FINEST JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT.THE CJI AND THE COLLEGIUM SHOULD SHOW COURAGE IN APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICE DINAKARAN---CERTAINLY THE INSTITUTION IS BIGGER THAN LOBBYIST LAWYERS

CJ of k'TAKA P D Dinakaran comes cleanBy: Daniel Edwin | 18-Sep-2009 Reply | Forward Even as people ponder and speculate Ind Express has given PD a clean chit "NO PROOF TO SUBSTANTIATE CHARGES AGAINST CJ" comes not only as respite for him but as a proof for sheer jealousy and very sadly caste based hatred. Mr.S Bhusan himself has spilled the beans by saying the only reason the CJI is supporting PD is because he is a Dalit like himself. An unwarranted statement to make.

justice dinakaranBy: b.devasekhar | 17-Sep-2009 Reply | Forward IT IS UNFAIR TO TARGET THE JUDGE.THESE KIND OF PRESSURES MUST BE OVERLOOKED BY CJI AND APPOINT HIM.CHARGES RELATING TO WHEN HE WAS JUDGE OF ONE COURT AND CHIEF JUSTICE OF ANOTHER---IF THEY WERE NO BARRIER TO HIS APPOINTMENT AS JUDGE OF HIGH COURT AND CONTINUE AND FURTHER CJ OF A HIGH COURT AND CONTINUE THAN HOW CAN IT BE A BARRIER NOW.IF A SECRETARY OF GOVT OF INDIA IS APPOINTED/CABINET SECRETARY IS APPOINTED--NO FISHING INTO HIS ASSETS IS MADE THAN WHY ONLY FOR A SUPREME COURT JUDGE APPOINTMENT.THERE WAS A SAME LOBBY THAT DID SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN AGAINST APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICE KRISHNA IYER--AND HISTORY IS A WITNESS THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE FINEST JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT.THE CJI AND THE COLLEGIUM SHOULD SHOW COURAGE IN APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICE DINAKARAN---CERTAINLY THE INSTITUTION IS BIGGER THAN LOBBYIST LAWYERS.

Dinakaran no Krishna Iyer By: sreejith nair | 18-Sep-2009 Reply | Forward Dinakaran is no Justice Krishna Iyer. The judiciary in India is fast loosing its reputation as a honest and clean institution. The holier than thou attitude has enabled the corrupt and the incompetent in the judiciary to shield themselves from public scrutiny. When the CJI is itself guilty of undertaking lavish foreign trips with his relatives and cronies we can expect mnore corrupt elements to adorn the high seats of justice.

Krishna Iyer part of itBy: Seshan | 21-Sep-2009 Reply | Forward The same bunch of so called senior advocates also went on a signature campaign against the elevation of Krishna Iyer who became one of the finest Supreme Court Judges.

Fence eating the cropBy: gmnag | 17-Sep-2009 Reply | Forward Complaining to the President is of no use. She herself escaped any further enquiry regarding the co-op scandals due to her gifted position. And Moily .. did we already forget his briefcase scandal during RK Hegde's term in Karnataka as CM ? Oh yes how can I forget that public memory is short. And the news media is busy covering a stuttering stars visa problems.

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