11 May 2014
To
(i)
The President of India
(ii)
The Chief Justice of India ,
Supreme Court of India
(iii)
The Chief Justice
Rohini, Delhi
High Court
(iv)
The Registrar General,
Delhi High
Court
(v)
The Secretary General
of the Supreme Court of India
(vi)
The Chairman, Bar
Council of Delhi
(vii)
All other members of
Bar Council of Delhi
(viii)
The Chairman and
members of Bar Council of India
(ix)
The Delhi Police
Commissioner
(x)
The Registrar
Vigilance, Delhi
High Court
(xi)
Delhi Police Security, High Court of Delhi
Ref: Corruption Complaint
against Delhi High Court Judge G S Sistani and professional ethics complaint
against his son Advocate Gurmehar S Sistani and relative Nayamat Sistani by
whistleblower Seema Sapra who has also filed Whistle-blower corruption and
right to life Writ Petition pending in the Delhi High Court since February 2012
– Writ Petition (Civil) 1280/ 2012 (Seema Sapra v General Electric Company and
Others)
The Bar Council of India has prescribed Rules on the professional standards that
an advocate needs to maintain as mentioned in Chapter II, Part VI of the Bar
Council of India Rules. These rules have been placed there under section 49(1)
(c) of the Advocates Act, 1961.
Rule 7 of the “RULES
ON AN ADVOCATE’S DUTY TOWARDS THE COURT” prescribed by the Bar
council of India
“7. Refuse to appear in front of relations
An advocate should not enter appearance,
act, plead or practice in any way before a judicial authority if the
sole or any member of the bench is related to the advocate as father,
grandfather, son, grandson, uncle, brother, nephew, first cousin, husband,
wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
son-in-law, brother-in-law daughter-in-law or sister-in-law.”
The Bar Council of India rules on
professional standards and professional ethics therefore prohibit a relative of
a sitting Delhi High Court Judge from appearing as advocate before the Delhi
High Court.
In violation of these rules and in
particular Rule 7 reproduced hereinabove, Mr Gurmehar S. Sistani, the son of
sitting Delhi High Court Judge J. G S Sistani has been appearing and filing
matters before the Delhi High Court since 2011. A search on the Delhi High
Court website reveals that Gurmehar Singh Sistani filed 3 matters before the
Delhi High Court in 2011, 5 matters before the Delhi High Court in 2012, 14
matters before the Delhi High Court in 2013, and has filed 3 matters before the
Delhi High Court in the current year - 2014.
A perusal of the orders passed in the
matters filed by Gurmehar Singh Sistani shows that he has obtained favourable
orders in every matter filed by him.
I reproduce below an example of a highly
suspect order obtained by Gurmehar Singh Sistani on 17 February 2014 from the
Court of J. Sunil Gaur, where an FIR was quashed after a dubious compromise in a
case of a non-compoundable offence under Section 304-A of the Indian Penal Code.
“IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT
NEW DELHI
CRL.M.C. 795/2014
ALLIED PUBLISHERS PVT LTD ..... Petitioner Through: Mr.Gurmehar Sistani and mr. Nayamat Sistani, Advocates
versus
STATE and ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ravi Nayak, Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent- State with ASI Dipender Singh
Mr. Siddharth Thakur and Ms. Natasha Thakur, Advocates with respondents No.2 to 4 in person
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL GAUR
O R D E R
17.02.2014
Quashing of FIR No.248/2013, under Sections 336/338 of IPC registered at police station Mayapuri, Delhi is sought on the basis of Settlement of 29th January, 2014 (Annexure P-3).
Notice.
Mr. Ravi Nayak, learned Additional Public Prosecutor forrespondent- State
Mr. Siddharth Thakur, Advocate, appears on behalf of respondents No.2 to 4 and submits that respondents No.2 to 4 are complainant party and they are present in the Court.
Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent/State submits that respondents No.2 to 4, present in the Court, have been identified to be complainant party by their is counsel as well as by ASI Dipender Singh on the basis of identity proof produced by them.
Respondents No.2 to 4, present in the Court, submit that there are no other legal heirs of the deceased and the dispute between the parties has been amicably resolved vide aforesaid Settlement and that the incident in question was purely accidental and that now they have been suitably compensated and the misunderstanding which led to registration of the FIR now stands cleared between the parties. Respondents No.2 to 4
submit that the terms of aforesaid Settlement have been fully acted upon as today, they has received the balance settled amount of ` 6.5 lacs by way of banker's cheque bearing No. 107182 of 5th February, 2014.
CRL.M.C. 795/2014
ALLIED PUBLISHERS PVT LTD ..... Petitioner Through: Mr.Gurmehar Sistani and mr. Nayamat Sistani, Advocates
versus
STATE and ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ravi Nayak, Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent- State with ASI Dipender Singh
Mr. Siddharth Thakur and Ms. Natasha Thakur, Advocates with respondents No.2 to 4 in person
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL GAUR
O R D E R
17.02.2014
Quashing of FIR No.248/2013, under Sections 336/338 of IPC registered at police station Mayapuri, Delhi is sought on the basis of Settlement of 29th January, 2014 (Annexure P-3).
Notice.
Mr. Ravi Nayak, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for
Mr. Siddharth Thakur, Advocate, appears on behalf of respondents No.2 to 4 and submits that respondents No.2 to 4 are complainant party and they are present in the Court.
Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent/State submits that respondents No.2 to 4, present in the Court, have been identified to be complainant party by their is counsel as well as by ASI Dipender Singh on the basis of identity proof produced by them.
Respondents No.2 to 4, present in the Court, submit that there are no other legal heirs of the deceased and the dispute between the parties has been amicably resolved vide aforesaid Settlement and that the incident in question was purely accidental and that now they have been suitably compensated and the misunderstanding which led to registration of the FIR now stands cleared between the parties. Respondents No.2 to 4
submit that the terms of aforesaid Settlement have been fully acted upon as today, they has received the balance settled amount of ` 6.5 lacs by way of banker's cheque bearing No. 107182 of 5th February, 2014.
Respondents No.2 to 4 affirm the contents of aforesaid Settlement and of their affidavits of 13th February, 2014 supporting this petition and submits that now no dispute with petitioner survives and so, the proceedings arising out of the FIR in question be brought to an end.
In "Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab"(2012) 10 SCC
recognized the need of amicable resolution of disputes in cases like the
instant one, by observing as under:-
?61. In other words, the High Court must consider whether it would
be unfair or contrary to the interest of justice to continue with the
criminal proceedings or continuation of criminal proceedings would
tantamount to abuse of process of law despite settlement and compromise
between the victim and the wrongdoer and whether to secure the ends of
justice, it is appropriate that criminal case is put to an end and if the
answer to the above question(s) is in the affirmative, the High Court
shall be well within its jurisdiction to quash the criminal proceedings.?
Considering the fact that the burn injuries sustained by deceased due to short-circuit at the premises in question and the said incident was a sheer accident and that legal heirs of deceased have been suitable compensated, I find that continuance of proceedings arising out of the FIR in question would be an exercise in futility.
Accordingly, this petition is allowed and FIR No.248/2013, under Sections 336/338 of IPC registered at police station Mayapuri,
This petition is accordingly disposed of.
(SUNIL GAUR)
JUDGE
FEBRUARY 17, 2014”
Ms Nayamat Sistani who is also appearing before the Delhi
High Court also appears to be a relative of Judge G S Sistani..
Mr Gurmehar S Sistani is a young lawyer who has only about
four years standing at the Bar. Yet, in 2013 he filed 14 matters before the
Delhi High Court surpassing many of his older, more experienced colleagues at
the Bar.
Prima facie it appears that Mr Gurmehar S Sistani is
exploiting his father’s position as a sitting Judge of the Delhi High Court to
obtain clients and favourable orders.
Judge G S Sistani’s role in this undesirable situation must
also be probed.
The Bar Council of India’s prohibition on relatives of
sitting judges from practicing in the same Court is to guard against a relative
corruptly exploiting the Judge’s position for commercial gain and to prevent a
Judge from influencing (whether actively or passively) the orders passed by
other Judges of the same Court in matters filed by a close relative of a Judge.
While Gurmehar S Sistani has failed to comply with Bar
Council of India’s professional standards and ethics rules, Delhi High Court
Judge G S Sistani has failed to comply with his constitutional oath of probity
and his obligation to ensure that no family member puts him in a situation of
manifest conflict of interest or acts so as to convey an impression to the
public and the Bar that his son is obtaining pecuniary benefits from his legal
practice by exploiting his ties to a sitting Delhi High Court Judge.
Such situations where close relatives of sitting Judges
practice law in the same Court not only convey an impression of judicial corruption,
but also engender actual judicial corruption. Litigants are often led to
believe that engaging a close relative of a sitting Judge will result in
favourable orders from the court.
I request the President of India, the Bar Council of India,
the Bar Council of Delhi, the Chief Justice of India, and the Chief Justice of
the Delhi High Court to take cognizance of this complaint against Delhi High
Court Judge G S Sistani and his son Gurmehar S Sistani and relative Nayamat
Sistani.
Seema Sapra
Advocate
D1159/ 1995
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Seema Sapra <seema.sapra@googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, May 11, 2014 at 12:13 PM
Subject: Corruption Complaint against Delhi High Court Judge G S
Sistani and professional ethics complaint against his son Advocate
Gurmehar S Sistani and relative Nayamat Sistani by whistleblower Seema
Sapra who has also filed Whistle-blower corruption and right to life
Writ Petition pending in the Delhi High Court since February 2012 –
Writ Petition (Civil) 1280/ 2012 (Seema Sapra v General Electric
Company and Others)
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11 May 2014
To
(i) The President of India
(ii) The Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court of India
(iii) The Chief Justice Rohini, Delhi High Court
(iv) The Registrar General, Delhi High Court
(v) The Secretary General of the Supreme Court of India
(vi) The Chairman, Bar Council of Delhi
(vii) All other members of Bar Council of Delhi
(viii) The Chairman and members of Bar Council of India
(ix) The Delhi Police Commissioner
(x) The Registrar Vigilance, Delhi High Court
(xi) Delhi Police Security, High Court of Delhi
Ref: Corruption Complaint against Delhi High Court Judge G S Sistani
and professional ethics complaint against his son Advocate Gurmehar S
Sistani and relative Nayamat Sistani by whistleblower Seema Sapra who
has also filed Whistle-blower corruption and right to life Writ
Petition pending in the Delhi High Court since February 2012 – Writ
Petition (Civil) 1280/ 2012 (Seema Sapra v General Electric Company
and Others)
The Bar Council of India has prescribed Rules on the professional
standards that an advocate needs to maintain as mentioned in Chapter
II, Part VI of the Bar Council of India Rules. These rules have been
placed there under section 49(1) (c) of the Advocates Act, 1961.
Rule 7 of the "RULES ON AN ADVOCATE'S DUTY TOWARDS THE COURT"
prescribed by the Bar council of India reads:
"7. Refuse to appear in front of relations
An advocate should not enter appearance, act, plead or practice in any
way before a judicial authority if the sole or any member of the bench
is related to the advocate as father, grandfather, son, grandson,
uncle, brother, nephew, first cousin, husband, wife, mother, daughter,
sister, aunt, niece, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law,
brother-in-law daughter-in-law or sister-in-law."
The Bar Council of India rules on professional standards and
professional ethics therefore prohibit a relative of a sitting Delhi
High Court Judge from appearing as advocate before the Delhi High
Court.
In violation of these rules and in particular Rule 7 reproduced
hereinabove, Mr Gurmehar S. Sistani, the son of sitting Delhi High
Court Judge J. G S Sistani has been appearing and filing matters
before the Delhi High Court since 2011. A search on the Delhi High
Court website reveals that Gurmehar Singh Sistani filed 3 matters
before the Delhi High Court in 2011, 5 matters before the Delhi High
Court in 2012, 14 matters before the Delhi High Court in 2013, and has
filed 3 matters before the Delhi High Court in the current year -
2014.
A perusal of the orders passed in the matters filed by Gurmehar Singh
Sistani shows that he has obtained favourable orders in every matter
filed by him.
I reproduce below an example of a highly suspect order obtained by
Gurmehar Singh Sistani on 17 February 2014 from the Court of J. Sunil
Gaur, where an FIR was quashed after a dubious compromise in a case of
a non-compoundable offence under Section 304-A of the Indian Penal
Code.
"IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
CRL.M.C. 795/2014
ALLIED PUBLISHERS PVT LTD ..... Petitioner Through: Mr.Gurmehar
Sistani and mr. Nayamat Sistani, Advocates
versus
STATE and ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ravi Nayak,
Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent- State with ASI Dipender
Singh
Mr. Siddharth Thakur and Ms. Natasha Thakur, Advocates with
respondents No.2 to 4 in person
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL GAUR
O R D E R
17.02.2014
Quashing of FIR No.248/2013, under Sections 336/338 of IPC
registered at police station Mayapuri, Delhi is sought on the basis of
Settlement of 29th January, 2014 (Annexure P-3).
Notice.
Mr. Ravi Nayak, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent-
State accepts notice and points out that Section 304-A of IPC has been
also added.
Mr. Siddharth Thakur, Advocate, appears on behalf of respondents
No.2 to 4 and submits that respondents No.2 to 4 are complainant party
and they are present in the Court.
Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent/State submits
that respondents No.2 to 4, present in the Court, have been identified
to be complainant party by their is counsel as well as by ASI Dipender
Singh on the basis of identity proof produced by them.
Respondents No.2 to 4, present in the Court, submit that there are
no other legal heirs of the deceased and the dispute between the
parties has been amicably resolved vide aforesaid Settlement and that
the incident in question was purely accidental and that now they have
been suitably compensated and the misunderstanding which led to
registration of the FIR now stands cleared between the parties.
Respondents No.2 to 4
submit that the terms of aforesaid Settlement have been fully acted
upon as today, they has received the balance settled amount of ` 6.5
lacs by way of banker's cheque bearing No. 107182 of 5th February,
2014.
Respondents No.2 to 4 affirm the contents of aforesaid Settlement
and of their affidavits of 13th February, 2014 supporting this
petition and submits that now no dispute with petitioner survives and
so, the proceedings arising out of the FIR in question be brought to
an end.
In "Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab"(2012) 10 SCC 303 Apex Court has
recognized the need of amicable resolution of disputes in cases like the
instant one, by observing as under:-
?61. In other words, the High Court must consider whether it would
be unfair or contrary to the interest of justice to continue with the
criminal proceedings or continuation of criminal proceedings would
tantamount to abuse of process of law despite settlement and compromise
between the victim and the wrongdoer and whether to secure the ends of
justice, it is appropriate that criminal case is put to an end and if the
answer to the above question(s) is in the affirmative, the High Court
shall be well within its jurisdiction to quash the criminal proceedings.?
Considering the fact that the burn injuries sustained by deceased
due to short-circuit at the premises in question and the said incident
was a sheer accident and that legal heirs of deceased have been
suitable compensated, I find that continuance of proceedings arising
out of the FIR in question would be an exercise in futility.
Accordingly, this petition is allowed and FIR No.248/2013, under
Sections 336/338 of IPC registered at police station Mayapuri, Delhi
and the proceedings emanating therefrom stand quashed qua petitioner.
This petition is accordingly disposed of.
(SUNIL GAUR)
JUDGE
FEBRUARY 17, 2014"
Ms Nayamat Sistani who is also appearing before the Delhi High Court
also appears to be a relative of Judge G S Sistani..
Mr Gurmehar S Sistani is a young lawyer who has only about four years
standing at the Bar. Yet, in 2013 he filed 14 matters before the Delhi
High Court surpassing many of his older, more experienced colleagues
at the Bar.
Prima facie it appears that Mr Gurmehar S Sistani is exploiting his
father's position as a sitting Judge of the Delhi High Court to obtain
clients and favourable orders.
Judge G S Sistani's role in this undesirable situation must also be probed.
The Bar Council of India's prohibition on relatives of sitting judges
from practicing in the same Court is to guard against a relative
corruptly exploiting the Judge's position for commercial gain and to
prevent a Judge from influencing (whether actively or passively) the
orders passed by other Judges of the same Court in matters filed by a
close relative of a Judge.
While Gurmehar S Sistani has failed to comply with Bar Council of
India's professional standards and ethics rules, Delhi High Court
Judge G S Sistani has failed to comply with his constitutional oath of
probity and his obligation to ensure that no family member puts him in
a situation of manifest conflict of interest or acts so as to convey
an impression to the public and the Bar that his son is obtaining
pecuniary benefits from his legal practice by exploiting his ties to a
sitting Delhi High Court Judge.
Such situations where close relatives of sitting Judges practice law
in the same Court not only convey an impression of judicial
corruption, but also engender actual judicial corruption. Litigants
are often led to believe that engaging a close relative of a sitting
Judge will result in favourable orders from the court.
I request the President of India, the Bar Council of India, the Bar
Council of Delhi, the Chief Justice of India, and the Chief Justice of
the Delhi High Court to take cognizance of this complaint against
Delhi High Court Judge G S Sistani and his son Gurmehar S Sistani and
relative Nayamat Sistani.
Seema Sapra
Advocate
D1159/ 1995
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