If two months earlier, premier investigating agency of the country sent letter to the central government headed by Narendra Damodar Modi Sir known as most honest prime minister of this country and assaulting congress on the issue of corruption and occupied the key post in this largest democracy in the world to seek sanctions for prosecution to Allahabad High Court Judge Narayan Shukla, then government must soon take decision by studying the pros and cons of the issue. Justice delay is justice denied and must be taken into account in matters of alleged corruption which will curb tyranny and arbitrariness in the judiciary. 

Undoubtedly the matter concerns the deep rooted corruption in the judiciary which is the root cause of promoting wrongdoers in the country and lackadaisical approach of the government to take decision in the matter only frustrate the people of this country. Citizens will think that Modi is no more different from its predecessors on the issue of corruption and the initiative of the government against corruption is to mislead the innocent and gullible citizens of this country.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought the Centre's sanction to prosecute retired Allahabad High Court Judge Narayan Shukla in a case of alleged corruption. The agency has accused Shukla of having accepted bribes to give favourable orders to a private medical college barred by the government from taking admissions.

Sources said the request for prosecution sanctions was sent to the government about two months ago and a reply from the competent authority is expected soon.

While Shukla has been arraigned as an accused along with six others in an FIR registered on December 4, 2019 -- when Shukla was a sitting judge (he retired last year) --the matter is related to a 2017 case in which the agency had arrested former Chhattisgarh High Court chief justice IM Quddusi.

After booking Shukla, the agency even raided premises linked to him in Lucknow, Delhi and Meerut. Notably, following the 2017 case, then CJI Deepak Mishra had even asked Shukla to resign or seek voluntary retirement, but the latter had refused.