JAGAT JAGDISHCHANDRA PATEL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) At The Outset, This Court Palpates To Regurgitate the relevant observations of the Apex Court in the latest decision in the case of State of Karnataka, etc. v. Selvi J. Jayalalitha and others, etc., while dealing with Criminal Appeal Nos.300-303 of 2017 and allied matters, wherein the Apex Court has expressed its extreme concern over the issue of corruption in the country in different context of possession of disproportionate assets by the former Chief Minister of the State of Tamil Nadu and the coaccused Shashikala, as under :

(2.) This Petition Preferred By The Petitioner Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenges the action of the Gujarat High Court Vigilance Cell Police Station on various grounds with an urge to transfer the investigation of the first information report being IC.R. No.1 of 2015, registered on July 26-27, 2015, with the Gujarat High Court Vigilance Cell Police Station, Ahmedabad, to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

(3.) The factual score that is essential to be depicted is that the petitioner is a practicing advocate registered with Bar Council of India and Bar Council of Gujarat, having Enrolment No.G/436/2009. Two judicial officers working at Vapi, District Valsad, viz. (1) Shri A.D. Acharya and (2) Shri P.D. Inamdar, are alleged to have indulged into serious corrupt practice. It is alleged that not only they distorted the evidence recorded before them, but they also compelled the advocates to approach them by pressurising them in different ways so as to continue their corrupt practice.