Chennai, July 04: A petition has been filed in the
Madras High Court seeking a CBI probe into the charge by a
judge of the court that a Union minister had called him
trying to influence him in a pending criminal case.
Contending that by attempting to influence Justice R
Regupathy, the unnamed minister 'committed gross impropriety'
and violated his oath of office and secrecy as a minister of
the Union Cabinet, the petitioner KR Ramaswamy alias Traffic
Ramaswamy, a social worker, prayed for a direction to the
Prime Minister to take appropriate action against the minister
by removing him from the Cabinet.
The petitioner also sought a direction to the Secretary
of the Lok Sabha to initiate action against the minister for
violating his oath as a MP pending disposal of the petition.
He also prayed for a direction to the Centre and Tamil
Nadu government to take appropriate and necessary action to
prevent 'undue, unnecessary and unwanted interference' in
judicial activities in the state.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, July 04, 2009, 10:43