Bribe Offer to Judge; Kerala HC Division Bench recuses from hearing COFEPOSA cases
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Bribe Offer to Judge; Kerala HC Division Bench recuses from hearing COFEPOSA cases

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A Division Bench of Kerala High Court comprising of Justice K.T Sankaran and Justice A.Hariprasad has today recused itself forthwith, from hearing Habeas Corpus matters relating to COFEPOSA cases. The decision was taken after it was found that one of the relatives of an accused, had offered a huge sum as bribe, to one of the Judges, with an alleged attempt to elicit a favorable decision/to cause undue influence in one of the cases, posted before the division bench as per the rooster. Justice K.T.Sankaran,today while dealing with a case pertaining to Nedumbassery gold smuggling, revealed that he had received an offer of Rs 25 Lakhs as first instance, over telephone, by the relatives on behalf of one of the detenues,Mr Yasir, an accused, in the case. In the recusal order, he mentioned about circumstances, that had occurred beyond his control and hence ordered for posting of such cases before another appropriate division bench.

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