Thiruvananthapuram: The ruling CPM and the Kerala Bar Council on Sunday demanded that the Supreme Court order a thorough inquiry into the charge by a Congress MP K Sudhakaran that an apex court judge was allegedly bribed several years ago.
The allegation was described as serious by the CPM whose Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan hoped the court would take a serious note of the charge after Sudhakaran claimed that he was witness to the alleged bribing of an unnamed Supreme Court judge in a bar licence case.
While speaking at a public meeting organised at Kottarakkara in Kollam on Saturday night, Sudhakaran had said that he was witness to a judge being bribed apparently for getting a favourable decision in a case seeking restoration of bar licences cancelled by the Kerala High Court. Sudhakaran, who represents Kannur in the Lok Sabha, made the claim without naming the judge at a function organised by the UDF to extend moral support to Kerala Congress-B leader R Balakrishna Pillai, who was recently sentenced to one year imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a corruption case.
Replying to reporters’ queries on the issue, Achuthanandan sought to know whether Sudhakaran would specify the name of the judge instead of making vague statements. PTI
While speaking at a public meeting organised at Kottarakkara in Kollam on Saturday night, Sudhakaran had said that he was witness to a judge being bribed apparently for getting a favourable decision in a case seeking restoration of bar licences cancelled by the Kerala High Court. Sudhakaran, who represents Kannur in the Lok Sabha, made the claim without naming the judge at a function organised by the UDF to extend moral support to Kerala Congress-B leader R Balakrishna Pillai, who was recently sentenced to one year imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a corruption case.
Replying to reporters’ queries on the issue, Achuthanandan sought to know whether Sudhakaran would specify the name of the judge instead of making vague statements. PTI
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