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CJI turns down request for sitting judge
for Tehelka probe

After receiving a letter from the government, the Chief Justice consulted all his colleagues in the Supreme Court and they were of the 'unanimous view' that 'a sitting judge of the apex court should not be spared for such inquiries', reliable sources said.

A letter to this effect was on Monday sent by the Chief Justice's office to the law ministry, which now has to begin the exercise of finding a retired judge of the Supreme Court to head the one-man Commission of Inquiry proposed to be set up by the government in the wake of the controversy.

The Union Cabinet on March 16 had decided to set up a one-man Commission of Inquiry, preferably headed by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court, to probe into the allegations made in the video tapes released by Tehelka.com.

"The proposed Commission of Inquiry will be single member commission headed by a sitting or a retired judge, preferably a sitting judge of the Supreme Court," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan had said adding, "The Commission will be asked to submit its report within four months from the date of notification."

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