Fight to the Finish ; a Slugfest Between the Former Advocate General and Retired Lokayukta Creates a Stink in Madhya Pradesh.
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The judiciary in India has not been without its share of scandals but the one rocking Madhya Pradesh promises to rank prominently in the gallery of shame. Last week, the scandal was exposed in public when two legal luminaries of the state left office in a blaze of controversy.
The first was the outgoing Lokayukta, Justice Ripusudan Dayal, whose six-year term ended on June 22, the day the state's Advocate General (AG) R.N. Singh, resigned from his post, alleging harassment by the anti-corruption ombudsman.See the full content of this document
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Fight to the Finish ; a Slugfest Between the Former Advocate General and Retired Lokayukta Creates a Stink in Madhya Pradesh.
The dramatic turn of events dates back to March 3 when a social activist filed a complaint against the AG with the Special Police Establishment (SPE) of the Lokayukta. The voluminous complaint carried a litany of allegations against Singh, his wife Sushila Singh, who is the mayor of Jabalpur, and his son, Mrigendra Singh, a practising lawyer at the Jabalpur High Court. The fact t...
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