The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition seeking the removal of Former Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Bhaskar Rao from the post of Lokayukta..A Bench presided by Chief Justice HL Dattu said the Assembly is debating the issue and it is not necessary for the Supreme Court to interfere..In fact, impeachment proceedings against Justice Bhaskar Rao have already been set in motion. The Speaker of the legislative assembly has referred the impeachment motion to Acting Chief Justice of the High Court SK Mukherjee J..Justice Rao finds himself in the dock after it was alleged that his son was using the office of the Lokayukta to run an extortion racket..The petition before the Supreme Court was an appeal by the Anti Corruption Council of India against the judgment of the Karnataka High Court..It had challenged Rao’s appointment on the ground that he was a practising lawyer and had concealed the same and accepted the appointment without canceling his lawyer’s license.
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition seeking the removal of Former Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Bhaskar Rao from the post of Lokayukta..A Bench presided by Chief Justice HL Dattu said the Assembly is debating the issue and it is not necessary for the Supreme Court to interfere..In fact, impeachment proceedings against Justice Bhaskar Rao have already been set in motion. The Speaker of the legislative assembly has referred the impeachment motion to Acting Chief Justice of the High Court SK Mukherjee J..Justice Rao finds himself in the dock after it was alleged that his son was using the office of the Lokayukta to run an extortion racket..The petition before the Supreme Court was an appeal by the Anti Corruption Council of India against the judgment of the Karnataka High Court..It had challenged Rao’s appointment on the ground that he was a practising lawyer and had concealed the same and accepted the appointment without canceling his lawyer’s license.
