Balakrishnan controversy: Fali Nariman wants judicial probe

Fali S Nariman stated his intention in a letter to V R Krishna Iyer on December 28.

Noted jurist Fali S Nariman has come out in support of former Supreme Court judge V R Krishna Iyer,who had demanded a judicial probe into allegations of amassing wealth by the son-in-law of former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan.

In a letter to Justice Iyer on December 28,Nariman said,”Your prompt and pithily devastating remarks on the conduct of the NHRC Chairman (Balakrishnan) deserves several rounds of applause.”

“This is just to tell you that we all (not merely Bapsi and myself but a very large number of well-wishers) are deeply beholden to you for always reminding Judges past and present that Honour comes first.

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Iyer had recently demanded judicial probe into the amassment of wealth by Justice Balakrishnan family members in the wake of a television channel’s report that his son-in-law P V Sreenijan had amassed wealth disproportion to his known sources of income.

According to the channel’s report,Sreenijan,advocate and former Youth Congress State Vice-president and his advocate wife K G Sony had properties worth several crores of Rupeees in Ernakulam and Trichur districts.

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