Ashok Gehlot Submits Apology In Court For "Corruption In Judiciary" Remark

Ashok Gehlot had suggested then that some judges were delivering judgments drafted by lawyers.

In an affidavit filed Tuesday in the Rajasthan High Court, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot tendered an "unconditional apology" for his remark suggesting that there was "rampant corruption" in the judiciary.

The affidavit was in response to a petition filed by an advocate over Mr Gehlot's remark on August 30 that had triggered outrage in the lawyers' community.

Mr Gehlot had suggested then that some judges were delivering judgments drafted by lawyers.