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Justice P. D. Dinakaran v. Hon'ble Judges Inquiry Committee & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 10 S.C.R. 1064
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Chandramauli Kr. Prasad JJ.
Decided 5 July 2011

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What the Court ordered

We hold that belated raising of objection against inclusion of respondent No.3 in the Committee under Section 3(2) appears to be a calculated move on the C petitioner's part.

Judgment, page 83

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 217 rlw Article 124 - Constitution of Inquiry Committee against High Court Judge - Inclusion of respondent no.3-advocate in the Committee - Challenge to, on ground of bias - Fifty members of the Rajya Sabha submitted notice of motion for removal of the writ petitioner, who was then posted as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, under Article 217 read with Article 124(4) of the Constitution - Chairman of Rajya Sabha constituted Inquiry Committee comprising of a Supreme Court Judge, Chief Justice of High Court and respondent no. 3- advocate -

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Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to · 3 mentioned

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