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Madras High Court Orders Vigilance Probe as Judge Recuses Over ₹50 Lakh Bribery Claim

The trigger was a ministry-forwarded letter from a lawyers' group alleging ₹50 lakh was taken to influence orders in a ₹89.90 crore CBI gold-fraud case.

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.