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DEHRADUN: Prashant Joshi rode into Mussoorie in style on Monday. An Audi Q7, jet black, with leather seats. And a board that announced authority, ‘District Judge’. But the two words on an official nameplate have brought the man down.
Dehradun district judge Joshi was on his way to a rather routine two-day camp court, where small offences are disposed of quickly in semi-formal settings. It was official business. He was supposed to take his official car. Instead, he appears to have “got” one from a Rajpur-based property dealer, Kewal Krishan Soin, who has been buried in criminal charges cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy.
Uttarakhand High Court Suspends District Judge Who Used Audi Car Of Accused For Official Travel
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The Uttarakhand High Court has suspended Prashant Joshi, District Judge, Dehradun who fixed the official board of District Judge, Dehradun on a private Audi Car and travelled in it to a camp court on December 21 and 22. Importantly, against the owner (Kewal Krishan Soin) of the Audi car, an FIR under Section 420, 467, 468, 471 & 120-B IPC is registered at Police Station.
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DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand high court on Tuesday suspended Dehradun district judge Prashant Joshi and called his conduct unbecoming of a Judicial Officer .
The order, dated December 22, 2020, said that his act and conduct touches upon his integrity, amounts to grave misconduct along with violation of many rules of Uttarakhand Government Servants’ Conduct Rules, 2002.
The HC took action after the judge is said to have used his official District Judge board in a private Audi car while he travelled to Mussourie to attend the camp court on December 21 and 22.
The order dated December 22, 2020 by the HC said, During the period of suspension and until further orders, Sri Prashant Joshi shall remain attached with the District Judgeship’s headquarter Rudraprayag and he shall not leave the station without obtaining the prior permission of the Hon’ble Court.