Overview
- Justice M. Nirmal Kumar sent the allegation to the High Court's Vigilance Cell and asked the Registry to place the matters before the Chief Justice for reassignment.
- The representation, dated January 12 in AILAJ's name, was forwarded by the Union Law Ministry on January 22 and received by the Registry on February 3.
- At the February 5 hearing, senior advocate M. Murali Kumaran denied the allegation and said he would cooperate with any inquiry.
- CBI special public prosecutor K. Srinivasan urged the court not to entertain such letters and sought steps to identify the person behind the representation.
- The charge concerns petitions by Naresh Prasad Agarwal and N. Ganesh Agarwal tied to a ₹89.90 crore CBI bullion-trading fraud earlier remanded by the Supreme Court, and no inquiry findings have been reported.