“It will be too naive to argue that a judge of a High Court will not come within the ambit of expression “any person” in clause (f) of Section 14(1) of the Act of 2013,” the Bench observed. File
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A Special Bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday (February 20, 2025) a suo motu case concerning an order of the anti-corruption ombudsman, Lokpal, that it has jurisdiction over High Court judges.
The Bench of Justices B.R. Gavai, Surya Kant and A.S. Oka would weigh the January 27 order of the Lokpal that High Court judges were ‘public servants’ and, thus, came within the ambit of the Lokpal Act.
“It will be too naive to argue that a judge of a High Court will not come within the ambit of expression “any person” in clause (f) of Section 14(1) of the Act of 2013,” it observed.
The Lokpal, headed by former Supreme Court judge, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar was deciding a complaint alleging that a High Court judge had influenced an Additional District Judge and another High Court judge to favour a private company in a case.
Published – February 19, 2025 10:36 pm IST
