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Justice Y.K.Sabharwal

Former CJI, Justice Y.K.Sabharwal set in motion the process of sealing of properties in designated residential areas of Delhi which were being used for commercial purposes. This sealing went on relentlessly under the continuous supervision of Chief Justice Sabharwal’s bench, monitored and directed by a Court appointed monitoring committee. When the government came up with a new master plan of Delhi 2021 which allowed mixed use and commercial activity in many of the areas which were designated as residential, Justice Sabharwal orders on the sealing continued.

Hon’ble Justice Dinakaran

The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and including Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice Tarun Chatterjee and Justice R.V. Raveendran had recommended in August 2009, Justice P.D. Dinakaran, the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, for elevation to the Supreme Court.

News on Judges Scam: A Rough Justice; Indian Express; Sept 10, 2008

The recent disclosure that the Chief Justice of India had recommended the impeachment of a Calcutta High Court judge for misappropriation of funds, along with earlier allegations surrounding the Ghaziabad provident fund case and money delivered at the residence of a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, have highlighted the urgent need for a legal and transparent method for investigating misconduct of judges of superior courts.

News on Judges Scam: UP cops want CBI probe against 34 judges; Sept 10, 2008

NEW DELHI: UP police has identified 34 sitting judges, including one in the Supreme Court, as among those allegedly involved in the embezzlement of provident funds of class IV employees of Ghaziabad court. This development, which extends the crisis of credibility facing institutions to the judiciary as well, could become the jolt for it to consider whether to persist with the immunity that judges enjoy at present.