The fate of Karnataka high court chief justice PD Dinakaran appears to have been sealed with the supreme court collegium not in a mood to elevate him.
The fate of Karnataka high court chief justice PD Dinakaran appears to have been sealed with the supreme court collegium not in a mood to elevate him.
A decision to this effect is understood to have been informally arrived at by the collegium which is likely to meet in the next few days to formally take a decision, highly placed sources said.
"In an informal discussion, the members of the collegium disfavoured Dinakaran's elevation, more so in the wake of the development in the last couple of days," sources told PTI.
Meanwhile, Dinakaran, who was camping in the national capital and met the chief justice of India KG Balakrishnan and some judges of the collegium to reiterate his innocence and to refute allegations of land grabbing, left for Banglore this evening.
The 59-year-old judge, who has been at the centre of a controversy since the collegium has recommended his elevation to the apex court, has claimed he would come out of the muddle with his hands clean.
However, pressure mounted on the collegium after a campaign was started yesterday in the Rajya Sabha for his impeachment. Last week the law ministry had reportedly rejected the recommendation for his elevation and sent the file back to the collegium.
Dinkarana had claimed that reports of the district collector of Tiruvallur in Tamil Nadu relating to alleged land grabbing by him were not correct.
The judge had earlier refused to comment on the law ministry's stand of not holding probe against him and said his delicate position as chief justice has forced him to observe self-restraint to "counter and expose" the people behind the campaign which ultimately would not succeed and "truth will prevail".
The ministry's decision came after consultation with the prime minister's Office which is understood to have agreed that the collegium should have a re-look at justice Dinakaran's appointment as an apex court judge.
The CJI had written to the law ministry seeking delinking of the name of justice Dinakaran from a list of five high court chief justices recommended for elevation to the supreme court.
While Dinakaran's elevation was kept on hold, the other four were sworn in as judges of the supreme court last month.
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