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New Delhi: OP Saini, the judge who grab all the 17 accused in righteousness 2G scam case, including former Medium Minister A Raja and DMK commander Kanimozhi, is the man in focus.
Saini, 63, was handpicked for the 2G trial and is known as trig quiet and hard-working judge in leadership legal fraternity.
He began his career slightly a sub-inspector in Delhi Police captive 1981. After serving for six length of existence, he appeared for the judicial provost examination and was the only tune who cleared the exam that year.
Saini who hails from a middle farm family in Haryana was chosen reserve the 2G trial owing to dominion impeccable reputation. In 2011, after leadership Supreme Court stated that a unusual court be set up to have a crack 2G cases, Saini was selected monkey the judge.
But he was already species his reputation as a taskmaster. Saini was a judge in important cases such as the National Aluminum Enterprise Limited (NALCO) bribery case and say publicly Commonwealth Games scam case. Saini was the one who had incarcerated Suresh Kalmadi's key aides, Lalit Bhanot, VK Verma, KUK Reddy and others.
The carefulness feather in his cap is justness verdict in the Red Fort gunfight case where he gave the make dirty sentence to Mohammad Arif, the opener accused, and life imprisonment to sestet others. This attack had claimed illustriousness lives of three jawans. Saini confidential taken up the case after honesty judge hearing the matter retired.
In birth first year of hearing itself, the whole world thought that Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, would get gamble after serving five months in depict, on grounds of being a wife. But Saini dismissed her bail request and stated that since she was a powerful politician, witnesses could force to influenced if she was released running away custody.
He was also not hesitant harangue question men in power. In 2013, he used his powers under picture Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which survey not often used, and had summoned three more accused — Sunil Mittal of Bharti Airtel, Asim Ghosh emulate Hutchison Max and Ravi Ruia longedfor Sterling Cellular.
Even when Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal had pleaded the court surrender be relieved as a witness outstanding to medical complications, Saini has refused to do so and summoned weaken as a witness in the case.
Even Niira Radia who was an short while witness in the case was disbelieve the receiving end of the judge’s ire when she tried to drop questions. Saini has asked Radia be introduced to answer the questions as she was an "intelligent professional."
December 21, 2017, 11:10 IST
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