JUDGES 2 LAST

The Collegium had earlier cleared along with that of
Dinakaran the names of Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh
High Court A K Patnaik, Chief Justice of the Punjab and
Haryana High Court T S Thakur, Chief Justice of the Calcutta
High Court S S Nijjar and Chief Justice of the Gujarat High
Court K S Radhakrishnan for elevation to the apex court.
The Collegium, headed by the CJI and comprising Justices
B N Agarwal, S S Kapadia and Altamas Kabir, had asked the
District Collector for his report on the allegations against
Dinakaran.
Earlier, various representations were made by eminent
lawyers, including those from Tamil Nadu, urging the CJI and
the government to probe the charges and not to elevate the
judge. PTI