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Title: Regarding alleged effort to influence the Judge of Madras High Court for granting anticipatory bail by a Union Minister.
SHRI B. MAHTAB (CUTTACK): This is a very serious matter which I am raising in this House during this late hour. The matter relates to Madras High Court where an hon. Judge has disclosed that a Union Minister had tried to influence him in granting anticipatory bail to two persons. This is a grave offence and it needs a thorough probe to ferret out the truth. As the Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India has left it to the Government to look into the matter, I urge upon the Government to state what step is being taken in this regard. The Prime Minister’s credentials are above board. But can he be unmindful of the fact that a slur on the Government cannot but be seen as a slur on its Minister?
MR. CHAIRMAN : Now, hon. Member, Shri R. Dhruvanarayana—Not present[m61] .