JUSTICE PD DINAKARAN, Sikkim high court

In September 2009, allegations were made against Dinakaran, a former chief justice of the Sikkim high court, by several members of the Bar Council of India stating that he had huge assets, including land holdings in Tamil Nadu. A motion seeking removal of Dinakaran was moved by 75 Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha on charges of corruption and land-grabbing. The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha admitted a motion seeking his removal on charges of corruption and abuse of his judicial office. Dinakaran resigned from the post of Sikkim high court chief justice on July 29, 2011, expressing a “lack of faith and confidence” in the three-member inquiry committee, which probed the charges against him.