The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the assistance of the Attorney General to hear a plea seeking a CBI probe into alleged amassing of wealth by the kith and kin of Justice KG Balakrishnan during his tenure as an apex court judge and Chairperson of the NHRC.
“Let learned Attorney General appear and assist us,” a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant said and fixed the PIL, filed by NGO Common Cause, for hearing on November 15.
During the brief hearing, the bench, which made clear that it would not go into the allegations of ‘benami’ transactions, said the issue of alleged Income Tax violations could have been looked into.