LOK SABHA
Attention of the
Government has been drawn to the news-item captioned "Nyay
Ki Kursi par baithe hai sena ke dagdaar judge" appearing
in the ‘Nav Bharat Times’ dated September 22, 2002.
The matter has been
investigated. The first two Judge Advocate General (JAG) Branch
Officers referred to in the news item had witnessed the document
for the purchase of the property in question by the wife of GOC-in-C,
Central Command. At no time any army personnel was involved in
the said case as alleged.
The Court of Inquiry,
which investigated the complaint against the Brigadier of the
JAG Branch of the Southern Command, as referred to in the new
item, also did not find him blameworthy.
The Brigadier, who
heads the legal set up in Headquarters Western Command, has no
case against him, as per records available.
This information
was given by the Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in a written
reply to Shri A Narendra in Lok Sabha today.
