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| Congress alleges bias in Noida land |
| Senior Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday released a list of individuals, judges and bureaucrats who were granted plots in Noida on the outskirts
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| INDIA
, 30-April-2007
1:47:52 AM |
| The Congress on Sunday named a former chief justice of India and a serving judge whose relatives benefited from land improperly allotted by the UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav.
The allotments had been made almost two years ago but were later cancelled by the UP government after protests on the transparency of the deal and questions being raised that it was in return for undue favours.
Senior Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday released a list of individuals, judges and bureaucrats who were granted plots in Noida on the outskirts of Delhi.
With this development, the Congress' war with the Samajwadi Party has taken a new turn - one that now involves the judiciary for the first time.
The list released by the Congress includes Sheeba Sabhrawal, daughter-in-law of the former CJI YK Sabhrawal, Aarohi Bhalla, son of Justice Bhalla, who's recent promotion was questioned by President APJ Abdul Kalam.
It also includes sitting judges of the Allahabad High Court Justice Uday Kriand Justice Poonam Srivastava. The list says Flex industries and its Ashok Chaturvedi, known to be close to UP's ruling party, received as many as six plots.
Arbitrary allotment
This is the first time an allegation has been made about a nexus between the top judiciary and a political party. Notably, all 625 allotments were cancelled on the orders of the Allahabad High Court on complaints that this allotment was arbitrary and lacked transparency in 2005.
The previous chief justice of India whose daughter-in-law's name is on the list accused the Congress of playing dirty politics on the judiciary.
''It is unfortunate that certain people can stoop to such level. Six or seven people from my family applied which includes my two sons two daughters-in-law, my mother, my brother, and his daughter. To assume that there was favouritism in this draw of lots is madness,'' said Justice Sabharwal.
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