Times
of India: Ahmedabad: Friday, 18 September 2015.
Gujarat high
court has ordered the registrar of its vigilance cell to conduct a thorough probe
into allegations that a civil judge in Navsari had obtained a job in judiciary
on the basis of a fake certificate in computer proficiency.
Petitioner
Jatin Pandya had first complained that judicial magistrate first class Chandani
Vyas succeeded in exam in 2011 and joined judiciary. He produced a certificate
of CCC examination issued by a private firm in Maninagar Blessing Computer
Institute.
Pandya had
made this complaint in 2013. But a standing committee of the HC junked it after
seeking explanation from the judge. When Pandya did not get any answer, he sought
a reply under the RTI Act.
He later
filed a petition challenging the judge's appointment and submitted before the
court that Vyas was residing in Rajasthan in 2011. She enrolled in the private
institute in order to obtain the certificate and actually got on without
attending classes. He alleged that Vyas secured the job in judiciary by
supplying a certificate fraudulently obtained.
During
hearing, a bench of justices M R Shah and G R Udhwani questioned as to why the
HC administration did not take any effort to inquire into the matter further
and junked the complaint. The HC registrar did not have any answer to this. The
bench observed that the allegations against the judicial officers were serious.
Vyas, on her part, said that she had no issues with any inquiry, though the
complaint was filed with mala fide intentions.
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