Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar gets 8-year jail for posing as SC judge; moves Delhi HC
Tis Hazari Court described Sukesh Chandrasekhar's crime as a “direct affront” to the independence and sanctity of the judicial process.
Alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar has been sentenced to eight years in jail for impersonating a Supreme Court judge in an attempt to influence a special judge to grant bail in a 2017 corruption case. The Delhi High Court also ordered the deletion of derogatory remarks made against Chandrasekhar's character in the judgment. The trial court emphasized that Chandrasekhar's actions constituted a direct affront to the independence and sanctity of the judicial process, and that the sentence should carry a deterrent message to ensure that such criminality against the administration of justice is not tolerated.
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