December 5, 2009 1:33 PM

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Govt rejects SC collegium's move to elevate Dinakaran

Ending weeks of uncertainty, the Government has rejected the Supreme Court collegium's move to elevate to the apex court Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran in the wake of allegations of land grabbing against him and his family. Sources in the Law Ministry said that the file recommending the elevation has been returned to the Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan with a request to the collegium to reconsider the decision. Balakrishnan had written to the Law Ministry seeking delinking of the name of Dinakaran from a list of High Court Chief Justices, recommended for elevation to Supreme Court. Dinakaran is facing allegations of land grabbing in Kaverirajapuram in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, a charge denied by him.

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