Overview
- Records of an August 28 full court meeting show action was taken after the High Court’s vigilance committee examined the complaint and supporting material.
- The complainant alleged Sanjeev Kumar Singh and judge Anil Kumar urged her to drop a rape case against a lawyer, submitting call logs, screenshots, and three audio recordings.
- The vigilance panel noted Singh could not explain one recording and recommended his suspension and disciplinary proceedings against both judicial officers.
- An August 29 order signed by Registrar General Arun Bhardwaj placed Singh under immediate suspension, fixed his headquarters at the South Saket district judge’s office, and barred him from leaving Delhi without prior permission.
- During the suspension he will receive only a subsistence allowance; before this action he handled commercial cases at Saket and chaired the court’s residential complex committee.