Court says judges are not caged parrots
11 March 2014 5:48 AM IST
A court here on Monday said judges are not ‘caged parrots’ while rejecting a plea seeking further direction to probe the role of former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in the railway bribery case.
The court was hearing a plea moved by NGO Delhi Pradesh Social Progress Society (DPSPS), seeking further direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate Bansal’s role, alleging that the agency had not investigated it ‘purposely’.
The court rejected it saying the petition was ‘devoid of merit’ and that in the present case, charges have already been framed against the accused.
‘While dealing with cases of corruption, it will be appropriate and wise to pass orders which send a strong message to society that judges do not work as caged parrots and the judiciary in this country works freely without fear or pressure,’ said the court.
The court was hearing a plea moved by NGO Delhi Pradesh Social Progress Society (DPSPS), seeking further direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate Bansal’s role, alleging that the agency had not investigated it ‘purposely’.
The court rejected it saying the petition was ‘devoid of merit’ and that in the present case, charges have already been framed against the accused.
‘While dealing with cases of corruption, it will be appropriate and wise to pass orders which send a strong message to society that judges do not work as caged parrots and the judiciary in this country works freely without fear or pressure,’ said the court.
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