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CBI gets sanction to prosecute retired Allahabad High Court judge in corruption case
The Hindu
The CBI has got the sanction to prosecute retired Allahabad High Court Judge Justice S.N. Shukla in a corruption case for allegedly favouring a private medical college in his orders, officials said.Th
The CBI has got the sanction to prosecute retired Allahabad High Court Judge Justice S.N. Shukla in a corruption case for allegedly favouring a private medical college in his orders, officials said.
The CBI had applied for a go ahead from the Central government to prosecute the retired judge on April 16 this year, in accordance with the Prevention of Corruption Act.
With the government giving its nod, the CBI can proceed with a chargesheet against the retired judge. Besides Justice Shukla, the agency had also named retired Chhattisgarh High Court judge I.M. Quddusi, Bhagwan Prasad Yadav and Palash Yadav of the Prasad Education Trust, the trust itself and private persons Bhavna Pandey and Sudhir Giri in the FIR.