New Delhi: Stoking a fresh controversy, Press Council of India chairperson Justice Markandey Katju on Monday alleged that the then Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan had pushed for the elevation of Madras HC judge with “bad reputation” to the Supreme Court.
He said the collegium, headed by Justice Balakrishnan, and also having Justice S.H. Kapadia, “almost succeeded” in bringing the judge to the apex court but lawyers in Tamil Nadu thwarted it by producing “voluminous documentary evidence of his corruption.”
Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, was not available for comments, with his office stating that he is on an official tour to Malaysia and will be back this weekend.
Mr Katju had accused Justice Balakrishnan of “improper compromises” in retaining a corrupt Tamil Nadu High Court judge.
