Madras HC to sack 3 senior dist judges for misconduct
One Had Got 2 ‘Good Conduct’ Certificates
A.Subramani@timesgroup.com 21.03.2018
Chennai : Three senior district judges in Tamil Nadu, including one who had got two ‘good conduct’ certificates from the Chief Justice of India, are set to be sacked from service misconduct.
The services of K Arul, registrar (special) at the Madras high court, and D Leelavathi, additional principal judge of family court in Chennai, are being terminated at the age of 58, without being extended up to 60 years. The third, Tiruvannamalai chief judicial magistrate R Naraja, is just 50 and he will lose about a decade’s service, including the two-year extension he would have got at 58.
Arul’s case is the most conspicuous among the three, since on two occasions the then Chief Justice of India had certified him to be ‘very good’. In the first certificate in May 2015, the CJI said Arul was ‘very good, sincere, dependable and courteous’. In November 2015, another certificate came his way describing him as ‘very good, sincere, initiative-taking and dedicated’. He was serving as registrar (administration) of the Supreme Court on those occasions.
Later, though he was recommended for elevation as a judge of the Madras high court, his candidature was shot down by the Intelligence Bureau. Citing the adverse report, the Supreme Court rejected the recommendation of the Madras high court for his elevation. He is also fighting a writ petition filed by a woman, K Sundari, in 2014, over a property deal. The case is pending in the high court.
Leelavathi too faced grave allegations before the full court, which found that scores of orders shown as having been delivered by her, had not been delivered at all. There were also allegations over community certificate and non-declaration of property details against her, but the full court attributed the decision to end her service to judicial performance and conduct. Sources told TOI that the resolution to remove the three was adopted after an animated debate among judges at the meeting.
One Had Got 2 ‘Good Conduct’ Certificates
A.Subramani@timesgroup.com 21.03.2018
Chennai : Three senior district judges in Tamil Nadu, including one who had got two ‘good conduct’ certificates from the Chief Justice of India, are set to be sacked from service misconduct.
The services of K Arul, registrar (special) at the Madras high court, and D Leelavathi, additional principal judge of family court in Chennai, are being terminated at the age of 58, without being extended up to 60 years. The third, Tiruvannamalai chief judicial magistrate R Naraja, is just 50 and he will lose about a decade’s service, including the two-year extension he would have got at 58.
Arul’s case is the most conspicuous among the three, since on two occasions the then Chief Justice of India had certified him to be ‘very good’. In the first certificate in May 2015, the CJI said Arul was ‘very good, sincere, dependable and courteous’. In November 2015, another certificate came his way describing him as ‘very good, sincere, initiative-taking and dedicated’. He was serving as registrar (administration) of the Supreme Court on those occasions.
Later, though he was recommended for elevation as a judge of the Madras high court, his candidature was shot down by the Intelligence Bureau. Citing the adverse report, the Supreme Court rejected the recommendation of the Madras high court for his elevation. He is also fighting a writ petition filed by a woman, K Sundari, in 2014, over a property deal. The case is pending in the high court.
Leelavathi too faced grave allegations before the full court, which found that scores of orders shown as having been delivered by her, had not been delivered at all. There were also allegations over community certificate and non-declaration of property details against her, but the full court attributed the decision to end her service to judicial performance and conduct. Sources told TOI that the resolution to remove the three was adopted after an animated debate among judges at the meeting.
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