{"id":8172,"date":"2011-01-11T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T12:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=8172"},"modified":"2011-01-11T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T12:02:10","slug":"times-have-changed-for-k-g-balakrishnan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/times-have-changed-for-k-g-balakrishnan","title":{"rendered":"Times have changed for K.G. Balakrishnan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/K.G.-Balakrishnan.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8173\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/times-have-changed-for-k-g-balakrishnan\/k-g-balakrishnan-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/01\/K.G.-Balakrishnan.bmp\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image-title=\"K.G. Balakrishnan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;K.G. Balakrishnan&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/01\/K.G.-Balakrishnan.bmp\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/01\/K.G.-Balakrishnan.bmp\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8173\" title=\"K.G. Balakrishnan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/K.G.-Balakrishnan.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Four years ago, the sleepy village of Kaduthuruthy, 30 km from here, was basking in the glory of one of its sons, a humble Dalit who went on to become the 37th chief justice of India.<\/p>\n<p>K.G. Balakrishnan assumed the office of Supreme Court chief justice four years ago &#8212; Jan 12, 2007 &#8212; and remained there till May 12, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Today Balakrishnan&#8217;s reputation has taken a beating after allegations of wealth amassment by his two sons-in-law and his brother K.G. Bhaskaran, special government counsel who has since quit the post. How times have changed!<\/p>\n<p>Life was tough for Balakrishnan from his early days. His father earned a mere Rs.15 as a clerk in the Kerala High Court and had to support eight children.<\/p>\n<p>But Balakrishnan worked hard and went on to rank first in the master&#8217;s course in law from the Government Law College in Ernakulam (Kochi).<\/p>\n<p>It was in 1985 that Balakrishnan became a judge in Kerala High Court and in 2000 he was only the 11th Keralite to become a judge in the apex court.<\/p>\n<p>Balakrishnan became chief justice of India in 2007 and, after retirement, took over as chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).<\/p>\n<p>All was well. But then things fell apart.<\/p>\n<p>Retired apex court judge V.R. Krishna Iyer unleashed a scathing attack against Balakrishnan after media reports came out on the magnitude of the suspected corruption.<\/p>\n<p>One of his sons-in-law, P.V. Srinijin, a former Youth Congress office-bearer who was a Congress candidate in the 2006 assembly polls, has come under heavy attack from several quarters.<\/p>\n<p>Srinijin&#8217;s statement of assets filed before the polls showed that he was virtually &#8216;poor&#8217;. But over a span of around three years, he and his immediate family owned a number of properties and a fleet of vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>After the controversy surfaced, the Youth Congress ordered an inquiry. But before the inquiry started, Srinijin put in his papers.<\/p>\n<p>Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, not one to let go an opportunity to get at the opposition Congress party, ordered a vigilance probe into the issue.<\/p>\n<p>What surprised many was not Achuthanandan getting into the act, but the stoic silence from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the party&#8217;s media mouthpieces.<\/p>\n<p>This got many tongues wagging that Balakrishnan was benevolent towards party state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan &#8211; an accused in the SNC Lavalin case &#8211; and that explained the party&#8217;s silence.<\/p>\n<p>Faced by a tirade from several quarters, CPI-M politburo member Sitaram Yechury had to finally say something. He said the allegations against Balakrishnan were of a serious nature and that there should be an appropriate inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>The Communist Party of India (CPI) was more vocal. State CPI secretary C.K. Chandrappan has demanded on several occasions that Balakrishnan should quit his office at the NHRC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In a democracy, judiciary has a position that should always be held in high esteem and the Balakrishnan issue has dented it,&#8217; said Chandrappan.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition legislator P.C. George of the Kerala Congress (Mani), however, said he need not resign and can go on leave instead.<\/p>\n<p>George said: &#8216;Remember the ISRO spy scandal. The then chief minister K. Karunakaran had to resign but later the apex court ruled in his favour and said the entire case was a fabricated one. But Karunakaran did not get his chair back.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Leading lawyer Kaleeswaram Raj reacted by writing that a probe under the Commissions of Enquiry Act 1952 is possible and will help in making matters known to the public.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Balakrishnan episode is a strong case for judicial reformation in the country. The method of selection of judges by the collegium should be abolished. A legislative activism towards a constitutional amendment on these lines is the need of the hour,&#8217; said Raj.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four years ago, the sleepy village of Kaduthuruthy, 30 km from here, was basking in the glory of one of its sons, a humble Dalit who went on to become the 37th chief justice of India. K.G. 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