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Former CJI's brother KG Bhaskaran quits as special govt pleader in Kerala

Former CJI KG Balakrishnan's younger brother Bhaskaran, who is facing allegations of amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income, today resigned as special government pleader in the Kerala high court.

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Former CJI KG Balakrishnan's younger brother Bhaskaran, who is facing allegations of amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income, today resigned as special government pleader in the Kerala high court.

Bhaskaran resigned on health grounds, court sources said.

His resignation letter was sent through a special messenger to advocate general CP Sudhakara Prasad, the sources said.

Bhaskaran's resignation comes two days after Balakrishnan's son-in-law P V Sreenijan quit the Youth Congress on similar charges. A complaint was also filed in a vigilance court seeking a probe into the charges against family members of the former CJI.

Sreenijan, who had unsuccessfully contested the last assembly polls on Congress ticket, is facing a vigilance probe.

Kerala chief minister VS Achuthanandan had said this week that his government would take action against Bhaskaran if any complaint was received against him.

Facing charges of amassing disproportionate wealth in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Bhaskaran had gone on medical leave after the Advocate General asked him to either quit as special government pleader in the state high court or go on leave.

Bhaskaran was appointed special government pleader to defend cases against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.

There were allegations that Bhaskaran had purchased about 60 acres in Dindigul in Tamil Nadu in 2005-06 in the name of his wife, four children and KG Praveen, a close relative of Justice Balakrishnan, and had built a farm house.

There were also reports that Bhaskaran and his wife Ratnaamma, a retired judicial magistrate, were building a palatial house in Puthen Kurushu in Ernakulam distirct and that he had spent over Rs one crore on it.Bhaskaran had termed the reports as "exaggerated".

Allegations of amassing of wealth have also been levelled against Justice Balakrishanan's second son-in-law Benny, who is also an advocate.

Former Supreme Court judge Justice VR Krishna Iyer has demanded a judicial probe into the allegations against Justice Balakrishnan's family members.

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