https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459707 The SC dismissed petitions seeking constitution of a Special Investigation Team to investigate alleged corruption involving judicial functionaries. The Court held that no FIR was registered against any sitting judge, as required under K. Veeraswami precedent which mandates CJI consultation before registering FIR against HC/SC judges. The petition was based on misconceived presumption that higher judiciary was under investigation. The Court emphasized that judicial independence cannot be compromised by unfounded allegations and that the entire judicial system was unnecessarily brought into disrepute without cause. en-us Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 24 Dec 2024 20:36:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459707 The SC dismissed petitions seeking constitution of a Special Investigation Team to investigate alleged corruption involving judicial functionaries. The Court held that no FIR was registered against any sitting judge, as required under K. Veeraswami precedent which mandates CJI consultation before registering FIR against HC/SC judges. The petition was based on misconceived presumption that higher judiciary was under investigation. The Court emphasized that judicial independence cannot be compromised by unfounded allegations and that the entire judicial system was unnecessarily brought into disrepute without cause. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459707