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Railway Claims and Tribunal Judge RK Mittal suspension got approved. For the first time, a sitting RCT judge has been suspended for corruption charges.
The case is being investigated by Justice UU Lalit,Allegations on Mr Mittal is as a judge he awarded compensation claims of around 50 crores to fictitious victims for the similar accidents to the similar claimants several times.This was done with a selected group of lawyers appearing for victims of railway accidents.
A few months ago RCT Chairman justice K Kannan had written to the Railway Board seeking Mr.Mittals suspension.The Railway Board had considered the legal opinion that the sitting judge of a tribunal could not be suspended without CJI’s approval.The file was left pending until the present CJl Gogoi’s office finally cleared it this week.
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