Judge, who wrote to PM on nepotism, denied farewell party
Lucknow July 4: Justice Rang Nath Pandey of the Allahabad High Court was Thursday denied an official farewell on his retirement, days after he reportedly wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on deficiencies in the collegium system of appointing judges.
Justice Pandey retired Tuesday from the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court. A full court farewell reference by the Lucknow bench of the court, held traditionally for high court judges on their retirement, was scheduled to take place Thursday.
But the July 1 notice issued for the farewell reference was withdrawn by the senior registrar of the Lucknow bench of the high court Thursday.
The registrar attributed the withdrawal of the notice to "unforeseen circumstances".
"Due to some unforeseen circumstances, the notice dated July 1, 2019 regarding Full Court reference (farewell) is hereby withdrawn, said another notice on Thursday, signed by Senior Registrar Manvendra Singh of the high court's Lucknow bench.
It has been the high court practice to extend farewell reference to retiring judges and the high court administration had on July 1 issued an official notice for according the farewell reference.
The notice about the farewell was also forwarded amongst others to Lucknow-based Oudh Bar Association (OBA) and it’s president and general secretary, besides the state government's advocate general, the Lucknow-based additional solicitor general of India and other law officers.
The Oudh Bar Association, however, welcomed Justice Pandey in the Bar and accorded him the farewell.
On the occasion, Justice Pandey condemned the present process of appointment of judges in the higher judiciary.
The farewell function was attended by OBA president A M Tripathi, senior vice president S P Singh, joint secretaries Rishabh Tripathi and Ashok Sahu and Assistant Solicitor General S P Pandey amongst others.
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Dharwad Corporation zonal offices raided after complaints of corruption in issuing land records
Hubballi: Karnataka Lokayukta officials on Friday conducted raids at multiple zonal offices of the Hubballi-Dharwad City Corporation following complaints alleging bribery and delay in issuing land-related documents, including e-Swathu records.
The raids were carried out in the morning under the leadership of Siddalingappa S.T.. Separate teams inspected 12 zonal offices of the Corporation and examined records linked to land ownership and document processing.
According to sources, the Lokayukta received complaints from members of the public alleging that Corporation officials were demanding bribes for issuing e-Swathu and other land documents.
Residents reportedly alleged that applications were being deliberately delayed if bribes were not paid.
Based on these complaints, officials carried out inspections of files and records connected to land ownership and issuance of documents.
Further investigation is underway.
