Case against former Justice Nirmal Yadav adjourned till Jan 11

On previous hearing,Justice (Retd) Yadav had sought permanent exemption from appearing before the court in the 2008 case against her on health grounds.

Gupta sought time from the court to file his reply on challenging his appointment as Special Public Prosecutor by the defence.

The court will hear arguments from the defence and prosecution on framing of charges against the former judge and Gupta’s appointment at the next hearing.

Nirmal Yadav appeared in person in the court today. However,there were no arguments in the case as the judge adjourned the case for January 11.

On August 27,Yadav had appeared for the first time before the court and was granted bail after furnishing a bond.

The case had rocked the Punjab and Haryana High Court after Rs 15 lakh was wrongly delivered at the residence of Justice Nirmaljit Kaur,another judge of the High Court in Chandigarh,on August 13,2008 following which she reported the matter to the Chandigarh Police.

The money,allegedly meant for Justice Yadav,was said to have been delivered to Justice Kaur due to confusion over their names.

Later,Yadav was transferred as a judge of the Uttarakhand High Court.