(1.) Legal questions having profound and radical consequences commonly raised in these writ petitions are thus:
(2.) Petitioners are the accused in two separate cases registered under Sections 7 , 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. 1988 (in short, " PC Act "). Exts.P1 and P2, in both the writ petitions, are the first information reports and final reports submitted against the petitioners.
(3.) These writ petitions came up initially before a learned single Judge. In terms of an order passed by the learned single Judge on 02.03.2015, the Registry, after taking orders from the Hon'ble Chief Justice, placed these matters before us for adjudication.