AILAJ Denies Writing Letter Alleging Senior Advocate Took Money On Pretext To Bribe Madras High Court Judge

The letter, signed by the State Co-ordinator for AILAJ, U Adhiyaman, states that the association was shocked to know that it's name was being misused in the fake letter. The letter further reads that it had never sent any such letter to the Judge or to any other authority, and the association was nowhere connected with the complaint.

“We are shocked to know that the name of our organisation, All India Lawyers Association for Justice (AILAJ), has been misused in a fake letter sent to the Honourable Justice Nirmal Kumar about a senior counsel of the High Court…which we became aware through the order of the court and the daily newspapers,” the letter said.

The letter also states that the address mentioned in the letter sent to the Ministry was not the official address of the association. It was pointed out that while the operational address of the association was in Vandalur, Chennai, the first letter had wrongly mentioned that the address of the organisation was Thambu Chetty Street in Chennai.

The letter also pointed out that it did not have any post of Secretary as mentioned in the fake letter but only had State Coordinators.

The association added that the misuse of its name was a malicious attempt to cause defame and malign the organisation for which they would be filing a separate police complaint for appropriate action.

Background

Justice Nirmal Kumar of the Madras High Court had recently recused from a case after the registry received a letter, allegedly by the AILAJ, claiming that a senior advocate had taken a sum of Rs 50 Lakh from the client in the name of bribing the judge for passing suitable orders.

The judge directed that the matter be placed before the Chief Justice for posting before an appropriate bench and for issuing appropriate orders to the Vigilance Cell so that an enquiry could be conducted and appropriate action could be taken