Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala government has asked its panel advocate K G Bhaskaran, brother of former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice K G Balakrishnan, to quit immediately on alleged corruption charges.
The government’s action against Bhaskraran, a special government pleader in the High Court, comes after he was summoned by Advocate General C P Sudkhara Prasad on Tuesday.
The Left Front government, headed by V S Achuthanandan, also ordered a probe into the assets of Balakrishnan’s son-in-law PV Sreenijan, which allegedly multiplied from Rs. 25,000 to many crores during Balakrishnan’s tenure as CJI.
The government has asked Bhaskaran to resign or go on leave for allegedly amassing wealth beyond his known sources of income.
“We have received a complaint, it has been forwarded to the Vigilance department under the Home Ministry to be investigation seriously,” Achuthanandan had said.
Former Supreme Court Judge VR Krishna Iyer had alleged that he was approached by a judge not to take Justice Balakrishnan’s kin’s assets issue too far.