Kumar Bahukhandi
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has decided to investigate the serious allegations leveled against the High Court judge by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Chhattisgarh government. In this case, it is alleged that IAS Anil Tuteja and Alok Shukla, accused in the Civil Supplies Corporation scam, influenced the High Court judge to obtain anticipatory bail. The Supreme Court bench of Justice AS Oka and AG Masih sought some evidence in these cases from Additional Solicitor General SV Raju. The bench wanted to know whether these officers who got bail have misused the bail and tampered with the evidence and whether they influenced the judge.
On this, Additional Solicitor General Raju said that the ED had submitted the evidence in a sealed envelope, but the court is not getting it right now. He offered to re-file the evidence. During this, Additional Solicitor General Raju said, ‘Such termites cannot be allowed to weaken the judicial system.’ Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, appearing for the Chhattisgarh government, said that the state has included details of WhatsApp chats in the affidavits as evidence of collusion between former bureaucrats, the then Advocate General and the judge. Mahesh Jethmalani also said that the then Advocate General was involved in the fraud and helped in granting bail.
