New Delhi, Mar 21: Rajasthan High Court judge Justice Arun Madan, against whom the Chief Justice of India had set up a panel to probe into allegations of corruption, has resigned. Justice Madan submitted his resignation to the president yesterday, official sources said today.
The judge was in news recently when the then Chief Justice of India G B Pattanaik had appointed a three-judge inquiry panel to probe allegations of sexual gratification sought by a court official on his behalf in return for judicial favours. While the panel could not link the allegations to the judge, it had reportedly found some corruption charges against him.

Justice Pattanaik had a meeting with Justice Madan and he had reportedly asked the latter to resign but he had then refused to do so and expressed his willingness to face an inquiry on the corruption charges.


The panel comprising Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court B K Roy, then acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Devender Gupta and Justice Aftab Alam of Patna High Court had since submitted its report to the present Chief Justice V N Khare.
The resignation of Justice Madan is pending with the president and he is soon expected to take action on it.
Bureau Report