9 judges penalised, 30 face probe in MP

Milind Ghatwai, Sat, May 28, 2011, Bhopal:

Three judges have been sacked for moral turpitude and six others ordered compulsory retirement by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

At least 30 district and subordinate judges in the state are facing inquiries, and action would be taken against them shortly, sources told The Indian Express on Friday.

Three civil judges were removed from service on charges like coming to work drunk, throwing their weight during train travel and assuming a false identity while complaining about a fellow judge. Civil Judge Vijay Kumar Singh was sacked for beating up a TTE when he was posted at Shujalpur. A departmental inquiry held him guilty and deprived him of two increments.

Another probe was ordered following complaints that he was often found drunk in public leading to his removal from service, Principal Registrar (Inspection and Vigilance) K D Khan said.

Another civil judge, M M Khan, was penalised for impersonating as a DFO while complaining about an additional district judge for illegal tree-felling. Khan had called up two HC registrars when he was posted at Jabalpur, the principal seat of the HC.

Nitin Kumre, a civil judge on probation, was accused of instigating a peon to commit suicide. Kumre did not complete his probation.

The action against the three follows termination of a judicial magistrate, Inder Singh Malviya, who had demanded dowry and beat up his would-be wife in the marriage hall in Dewas.

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