Saturday, January 8, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Bhaskaran, brother of KGB quits as government pleader

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Bhaskaran-brother-of-KGB-quits-as-government-pleader/articleshow/7238581.cms

Bhaskaran, brother of KGB quits as government pleader
T Ramavarman, TNN, Jan 8, 2011, 06.59am IST

KOCHI: K G Bhaskaran, brother of the beleaguered former Chief Justice
of India Justice K G Balakrishnan has resigned as Special Government
Pleader in the Kerala High Court amid charges of amassing wealth
disproportionate to his known source of income.

Mr. Bhaskaran has however cited health problems for putting in his
papers. He is the second member in the family of the former Chief
Justice who is resigning their posts in the backdrop of financial
allegations. Earlier P V Sreenijan, Balakrishnan's son-in-law, quit
Youth Congress on similar charges.

Advocate General of Kerala CP Sudhakara Prasad had earlier asked Mr.
Bhaskaran either to quit as special government pleader or to go on
leave, when the charges surfaced.

"Initially Mr. Bhaskaran had applied for one month leave and that was
forwarded to the government. Now he has submitted his resignation, and
that has also been faxed to the Government, for acceptance,'' Mr.
Sudhakara Prasad told TOI.

Mr. Bhaskaran was not available immediately for comments, and he was
not returning calls.

However, there are reports saying that Mr. Bhaskaran had told a news
agency that he was being treated by doctors of the All India Institute
of Medical Sciences for respiratory problems and would be leaving for
Delhi for further treatment.

He denied that he had consulted Justice Balakrishnan before putting in
his papers. However, he said Justice Balakrishnan had two months ago
advised him to resign as he was not keeping good health.

Interestingly, Mr. Bhaskaran who was looking after various cases of
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, was appointed as government
pleader by the previous Congress-led UDF government, and continued in
the post even under the CPI(M)-led LDF regime.

Meanwhile the Bar Associations of Thrissur and Kozhikode have passed
resolutions demanding resignation of Justice Balakrishnan from the
post of National Human Rights Commission Chairman.

The SC/ST all India Confederation, on the other side, came out in
support of Justice Balakrishnan, saying there was a conspiracy behind
the concerted attack on him. "The campaign against Balakrishnan is
part of a conspiracy by forces that seek to resist the ascension of
persons belonging to SC/ST sections to high posts in the country," K
Ramankutty, president, SC/ST all India Confederation said at a press
conference in Thiruvananthapuram.

In another development, senior advocate of Kochi Bar K Ramakumar has
sent in a legal notice of defamation against former Supreme Court
Judge Justice V R Krishna Iyer in connection with the ongoing
controversies centered around Justice Balakrishnan. While Justice Iyer
had launched a scanting attack on Justice Balakrishnan, Mr. Ramakumar
said he was `upholding the right of the former Chief Justice of India
not to be a soft target of scurrilous attack on mere rumours,
suspicion, speculation and private conversations'. Justice Krishna
Iyer had also "made an unfounded and reckless allegation that Mr.
Ramakumar's support to former Chief Justice of India is another story
of corruption,'' says the legal notice.

Mr. Ramakumar had demanded an unconditional apology from Justice Iyer
and a compensation of Rs 1 crore for the damage caused by the
allegations.

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