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SC stays Madras HC order suspending tainted lawyer Chandramohan
The Supreme Court today stayed the Madras High Court order directing suspension of advocate R K Chandramohan from Chairmanship of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for allegedly attempting to influence a judge by taking former Telecom Minister A Raja's name.
The Supreme Court today stayed the Madras High Court order directing suspension of advocate R K Chandramohan from Chairmanship of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for allegedly attempting to influence a judge by taking former Telecom Minister A Raja's name. A bench comprising Justices D K Jain and H L Dattu also stayed the operation of the High Court directive asking the Bar Council of India to initiate disciplinary action against Chandramohan.
The Bench, which stayed the execution of these two directives, posted the matter for further hearing in the first week of January, 2011. The Madras High Court had on December 7 thsi year suspended from the bar the top lawyer who was allegedly involved in an attempt to influence Justice S Regupathy by taking the name of Raja.
A Division Bench comprising Justice F.M.Ibrahim Khalifulla and Justice M.M.Sundaresh had said the status of Chandramohan shall stand suspended forthwith. He should not not be permitted to function, pending disciplinary action by the Bar Council of India, the bench had said. Disposing off a petition by a lawyer, the bench had appended a portion of a letter written by Justice Reghupati, who had reported that Chandramohan had entered his chamber last year and pleaded that the anticipatory bail case of a father and a son, accused in a marks scandal case in Puducherry, be considered favourably as they were "family friends" of Raja.
The lawyer handed over his mobile phone to the judge, saying that the "Union Minister is on the line to have a talk with me". "I discouraged such conduct of Mr. Chandramohan and told him that the case would be disposed of in accordance with the law, if listed before me," Justice Reghupati had said in his letter of July 7, 2009 to the then Chief Justice of India.
Justice Reghupati, who has since retired, had in his letter, complained about Chandramohan's "outburst and uncontrollable" behaviour.
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