17 Years After Cash Found At Judge's Door, Chandigarh Court Acquits Justice Nirmal Yadav In Corruption Case

Former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav was acquitted in a 2008 corruption case by a special CBI court in Chandigarh on Saturday. Yadav was accused of receiving Rs. 15 lakh in cash while serving as a judge in 2008.

Former Punjab and Haryana HC judge Nirmal Yadav.

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A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court acquitted former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav in a 2008 corruption case on Saturday. The much-awaited judgment was pronounced by the CBI judge Alka Malik in the Chandigarh District Court complex. Yadav was booked for receiving Rs. 15 lakh in cash while serving as the judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2008.

Chandigarh | CBI court acquits Justice Nirmal Yadav in a corruption case

She was accused of receiving Rs 15 lakh in cash while serving as a judge in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2008

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According to Bar and Bench, Special Court of Additional Sessions Judge Alka Malik pronounced the decision today. The other accused – Ravinder Singh Bhasin, Rajiv Gupta and Nirmal Singh – were also acquitted.

"All the accused have been acquitted," advocate Hitesh Puri told the Bar and Bench. He represented accused Nirmal Singh in the case.

Justice Nirmal Yadav was represented by Senior Advocate SK Garg Narwana and Advocate VG Narwana. Advocates AS Chahal, BS Riar and Hitesh Puri represented other accused.

The case against Justice Yadav emerged in 2008 when a bag of ₹15 lakh was delivered at the residence of Justice Nirmaljit Kaur, another sitting judge of the High Court. The peon of Kaur reported the matter to Chandigarh police, and an FIR was then registered. Later, the case was transferred to CBI on orders of General (retd) SF Rodrigues, then Governor of Punjab and Administrator, Union Territory of Chandigarh.

The Bar and Bench reports that CBI had initially filed a closure report in the case. However, it was later rejected. It filed a charge sheet against the accused in 2011.