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New Delhi, Feb 22 The CBI has registered a fresh FIR against Justice SN Shukla, a retired judge of the Allahabad High Court, and his wife Suchita Tiwari and a few others for their alleged involvement in a corruption case and amassing assets worth over Rs 2.54 crore disproportionate to their known sources of income.
In the FIR, the CBI has alleged: During the investigation of the case, sources informed that Justice Shukla, being a public servant in the capacity of Justice of the Allahabad High Courts Lucknow Bench, had intentionally enriched himself illicitly and acquired assets by corrupt and illegal means in the name of Suchita Tiwari with whom Justice Shukla is residing (now his second wife, as stated by her in the court application filed in the CBl court in New Delhi regarding the release of articles) and Saideen (brother of Kesh Kumari, first wife of Justice Shukla) and others..
The CBI had registered a corruption case on December 4, 2019, against Justice Shukla, the then sitting Allahabad High Court judge, along with Justice IM Quddusi, retired Chhattisgarh High Court judge, and four others for obtaining an order in favour of a Lucknow-based medical college allegedly in lieu of money.
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