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Former judge refuses notice from Punjab CM’s wife over claims
A retired judge named Justice Ranjit Singh made statements about an alleged demand for Rs 5 crore.
The demand was said to be connected to hiding a rape case.
Dr Gurpreet Kaur, the Punjab chief minister’s wife, sent him a legal notice about those statements.
Singh said he would not answer the notice.
He said he was not afraid and that the matter could go to court.
He also said his organisation stood by the truth.
Singh claimed that other people, including police officials, were involved.
He said the case happened on July 20 but had not become public at the time.
Retired Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice Ranjit Singh said he would not respond to Dr Gurpreet Kaur’s legal notice.
The notice concerns statements linking Kaur to an alleged Rs 5-crore demand to hush up a rape case.
Singh said he had not yet received the notice but would not reply even after receiving it.
He said the questions raised by him and the Punjab Human Rights Organisation would be addressed in court.
Singh alleged that several people, including police officials, were involved and said the case dated to July 20.
- Who
- Justice Ranjit Singh, Dr Gurpreet Kaur, the Punjab Human Rights Organisation and others, including police officials.
- What
- Singh said he would not respond to Kaur’s legal notice over statements concerning an alleged Rs 5-crore demand linked to a rape case.
- Where
- Chandigarh.
- When
- Singh made the statement on Monday; he referred to the underlying matter as a July 20 case.
- Why
- Kaur issued the notice over statements linking her to the alleged demand; Singh said related questions should be addressed in court.
Justice Ranjit Singh and PHRO
Dr Gurpreet Kaur
Response to the legal notice
Justice Ranjit Singh and PHRO
Singh said he would not respond to the notice, even if he received it, and said the matter could be fought in court.
Dr Gurpreet Kaur
Kaur issued the legal notice over statements linking her to an alleged Rs 5-crore demand connected to a rape case.
Questions surrounding the allegations
Justice Ranjit Singh and PHRO
Singh said he and the Punjab Human Rights Organisation would raise their questions in court and stand by the truth.
Dr Gurpreet Kaur
The article does not report Kaur’s detailed response to Singh’s questions or allegations.
Key facts
- Legal notice recipient
- Justice Ranjit Singh
- Notice issuer
- Dr Gurpreet Kaur, wife of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann
- Alleged amount
- Rs 5 crore
- Related allegation
- A demand allegedly made to hush up a rape case
- Organisation mentioned
- Punjab Human Rights Organisation
- Underlying case date
- July 20
- Judge’s response
- He said he would not reply and would contest the matter in court
Quotes
Justice Ranjit Singh
Retired Punjab and Haryana High Court judge and head of the Punjab Human Rights Organisation
“We will raise the questions in the court. Many other people, including the police, are involved. We are Punjab Human Rights Organisation. We stand by the truth. This was a July 20 case that did not come to public attention at all. A rape victim is facing an excess.”
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“I have not received it yet. Even if I get it, I won’t reply. I am not scared. They can go to the court. We will fight it out in the court.”
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Sources
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