CBI gets sanction to prosecute retired Allahabad High Court judge in corruption case
New Delhi Nov 26 PTI The CBI has receivedsanction to prosecute retired Allahabad High Court Judge Justice S N Shukla in a corruption case for allegedly favouring a private medical college in his orders officials said The CBI had applied for a go ahead from the high court to prosecute the retired judge on April 16 this year in accordance with the Prevention of Corruption Act they saidWith the high court now giving its nod the CBI can proceed with a chargesheet against the retired judgeBesides Justice Shukla of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court the agency had also named retired Chhattisgarh High Court judge I M Quddusi Bhagwan Prasad Yadav and Palash Yadav of the Prasad Education Trust the trust itself and private persons Bhavna Pandey and Sudhir Giri in the FIR they saidThe accused were booked under Section 120B of the IPC criminal conspiracy and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption ActIn order to to get a favourable order illegal gratification was allegedly paid to one of the accused named in the FIR by the trust the officials said After filing the FIR the CBI had conducted searches at multiple locations in Lucknow Meerut and Delhi they saidIt is alleged that the Prasad Institute of Medical Sciences was debarred by the Centre from admitting students due to substandard facilities and non-fulfilment of the required criteria in May 2017 along with 46 other medical colleges that were also debarred on similar grounds the officials saidThe decision to debar was challenged by the trust before the Supreme Court through a writ petition they addedSubsequently a conspiracy was hatched by those named in the FIR and the petition withdrawn with the courts permissionAnother writ petition was filed before the Lucknow bench of the high court on August 24 2017 the officials saidIt was further alleged in the FIR that the petition was heard on August 25 2017 by a division bench of the court comprising Justice Shukla and a favourable order was passed the same day they added PTI ABS MIN MIN
New Delhi Nov 26 PTI The CBI has receivedsanction to prosecute retired Allahabad High Court Judge Justice S N Shukla in a corruption case for allegedly favouring a private medical college in his orders officials said The CBI had applied for a go ahead from the high court to prosecute the retired judge on April 16 this year in accordance with the Prevention of Corruption Act they saidWith the high court now giving its nod the CBI can proceed with a chargesheet against the retired judgeBesides Justice Shukla of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court the agency had also named retired Chhattisgarh High Court judge I M Quddusi Bhagwan Prasad Yadav and Palash Yadav of the Prasad Education Trust the trust itself and private persons Bhavna Pandey and Sudhir Giri in the FIR they saidThe accused were booked under Section 120B of the IPC criminal conspiracy and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption ActIn order to to get a favourable order illegal gratification was allegedly paid to one of the accused named in the FIR by the trust the officials said After filing the FIR the CBI had conducted searches at multiple locations in Lucknow Meerut and Delhi they saidIt is alleged that the Prasad Institute of Medical Sciences was debarred by the Centre from admitting students due to substandard facilities and non-fulfilment of the required criteria in May 2017 along with 46 other medical colleges that were also debarred on similar grounds the officials saidThe decision to debar was challenged by the trust before the Supreme Court through a writ petition they addedSubsequently a conspiracy was hatched by those named in the FIR and the petition withdrawn with the courts permissionAnother writ petition was filed before the Lucknow bench of the high court on August 24 2017 the officials saidIt was further alleged in the FIR that the petition was heard on August 25 2017 by a division bench of the court comprising Justice Shukla and a favourable order was passed the same day they added PTI ABS MIN MIN
