The Judgment of the Court was delivered by RAY, J. I have had the advantage of deciphering the two draft judgments prepared by my learned brothers Shetty and Verma, JJ.
The appellant joined the Bar of Madras in the year 1941 and had a lucrative prac tice.
On 1 May 1969, he became the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.
He held that post till 20 February 1960 when he was elevated to the Bench as a perma nent Judge of the Madras High Court.
In 1953 he was appointed as Assistant Government Pleader and in 1959, the Government Pleader at Madras.
I agree with the companyclusions arrived at by my learned brother Shetty, J. Yet companysidering the great impor tance of the questions involved in this matter, I deem it just and proper to companysider the same and to express my own views.
From the Judgment and Order dated 27.4.79 of the Madras High Court in Criminal Misc.
A charge sheet dated 15.12.1977 was filed alleging that be tween 1.5.
Kapil Sibal, B.R.L. Iyengar, K.V. Mohan, S.R. Setia, R. Nambiar and A.K. Nigam for the Appellant.
In 1959 he became Government Pleader.
The appel lant on companying to know of these developments proceeded on leave from 9 March 1976 and subsequently retired on 8 April 1976 on attaining the age of superannuation.
P.C. was filed against the appellant before the Special Judge, Madras.
The appeal raises the questions of singular importance and companysequence to Judges of the High Courts and this Apex Court.
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During his tenure as the Judge and Chief Justice he was said to have acquired assets disproportionate to the known source of income.
On 28 February 1976, a companyy of the First Information Report was personally taken by the Investigating Officer to Madras and it was filed before the Court of Special Judge, Madras.
400 of 1979.
The background of the case in the barest outline is as follows The appellant started his life as an Advocate in the High Court of Madras.
He joined the Madras Bar in 1941.
The companyplaint in this regard was made to the Delhi Special Police Establishment CBI .
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On 24 February 1976, the CBI registered a case against him with issuance of a First Information Report which was filed in one of the Courts at New Delhi.
265 of 1978.
In 1953 he was appointed as Assistant Government Pleader.
