Regupathi thanks SC’s Gokhale for backing him
15 Dec 2010
Former Madras high court judge R Regupathi on Tuesday thanked Supreme Court judge H L Gokhale for his statement on the controversy over an alleged attempt by an advocate to influence a case using the name of former telecom minister A Raja.
''I am thankful to Justice Gokhale, (who was the chief justice of the Madras high court when the purported incident occurred),'' Regupathi said. ''I am not supposed to react. I did not make the issue public even at the time of the incident since I wanted to uphold the dignity of the legal fraternity. It applies to me today even after retirement,'' he told PTI.
Regupathi refused to join issue with former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan, who denied last week that Mr. Raja's name was in the report sent by Gokhale. Justice Regupati said his not joining issue was not driven by fear but by the need to uphold the court's dignity. Only jurists could comment on the issue and not he.
Gokhale had contradicted Balakrishnan's claim that he was not aware that Raja's name was mentioned in relation to the alleged attempt to influence the case.
