New Delhi, Apr 28 (ANI): A Supreme Court Bench today recused itself from hearing Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran's plea seeking a stay of impeachment proceedings initiated against him for alleged misconduct and corruption.
"It will go before another bench in the mentioning list for tomorrow," said an apex court bench comprising Justices D K Jain and H L Dattu.
Justice Dinakaran moved the apex court on Tuesday seeking stay of the impeachment proceedings initiated against him for alleged misconduct and corruption.
He challenged the proceedings before a three-member Rajya Sabha-appointed inquiry panel, which has been hearing the charges of alleged land grabbing and possession of wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Justice Dinakaran has sought quashing of the order of the panel, which has refused his plea for the recusal of senior advocate P.P. Rao on the ground that he was biased against him.
The panel, headed by Justice Aftab Alam of the Supreme Court, also includes Karnataka High Court Chief Justice J.S. Khehar, besides P.P. Rao.
Justice Dinakaran, in his petition, submitted that there was likelihood of bias in the proceedings, as Rao had earlier campaigned against him when his elevation to the Supreme Court was under consideration. (ANI)
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