Madras High Court places District Judge Pa.U. Chemmal under suspension

The Madras High Court has placed nether suspension District Judge Pa.U. Chemmal, who was serving past arsenic president of imperishable Lok Adalat successful Ariyalur district, pending enquiry into superior allegations of misuse of authoritative authorization during his stint arsenic the Principal District-cum-Sessions Judge successful Kancheepuram district.

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Mr. Chemmal came to adverse announcement of the High Court connected September 8 when he passed a suo motu order remanding Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) M. Sankar Ganesh in judicial custody for having failed to apprehension the Judge’s erstwhile Personal Security Officer (PSO) R. Lokeswaran and the latter’s father-in-law.

On September 9, the Kancheepuram Superintendent of Police filed a petition successful the High Court accusing Mr. Chemmal of having remanded the DSP owed to idiosyncratic enmity with his erstwhile PSO. Justice N. Sathish Kumar took superior enactment of the contented and acceptable speech the remand order.

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Then, Additional Public Prosecutor K.M.D. Muhilan told the tribunal Mr. Chemmal suspected the erstwhile PSO of spreading rumours astir him and therefore, pressured the section constabulary to registry a transgression lawsuit against the erstwhile PSO and the latter’s father-in-law who owned a bakery successful the locality. Finding the charges to beryllium serious, Justice Kumar directed the High Court’s Registrar (Vigilance) Jacintha Martin to behaviour an inquiry and taxable a report. The enquiry report, submitted connected September 23, confirmed the complaint and besides revealed that Mr. Chemmal had forced a Food Safety Officer excessively to behaviour a hunt astatine the bakery.

‘Habitual maltreatment of power’

The Registrar (Vigilance) informed the tribunal Mr. Chemmal was successful the wont of misusing his authorization and helium had directed a Drug Inspector to instrumentality enactment against a pharmacy which refused to dispense medicines to the District Judge without a valid aesculapian prescription.

Further, it was brought to the announcement of the High Court that Mr. Chemmal had directed the Kancheepuram municipality commissioner to enactment against an flat adjacent to his residence for not allowing his idiosyncratic car to beryllium parked wrong the flat complex.

The Registrar (Vigilance) had besides narrated respective different incidents regarding misuse of powerfulness by the District Judge. Therefore, Justice Kumar directed the Registrar to spot her enquiry study earlier the High Court’s Vigilance Committee, comprising elder Judges, for initiating disciplinary action.

Observing it whitethorn not beryllium conducive to fto Mr. Chemmal proceed arsenic a Principal District Judge until the completion of the disciplinary proceedings, Justice Kumar had directed the Registrar General to spot the substance earlier the Transfer Committee excessively for contiguous action.