Chandrapur Kidney Racket Doctor Fined for Forged Affidavit The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition of Ravinderpal Singh Jaspal Singh, a Delhi-based doctor accused in the Chandrapur kidney transplant racket, for allegedly submitting a forged affidavit. The division bench, comprising Justices Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Nivedita Mehta, imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 on the petitioner, requiring him to deposit the amount within two weeks. If the fine remains unpaid, the matter will be revisited on July 15. The court emphasized that the petitioner had approached the court “not with clean hands” after the state highlighted discrepancies in the affidavit submitted on June 22. The petition challenged the actions of the Brahmapuri police in Chandrapur district, alleging violations of the petitioner’s constitutional rights under Articles 14 and 21 of the Indian Constitution, as well as provisions of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act. During the hearing, the government’s pleader, Devendra Chauhan, along with counsel Amit Chutke, argued that the affidavit had been submitted “by playing a fraud on court.” They presented the statement of lawyer and notary Poonam Moon, along with extracts from the notary register. The notary claimed the petitioner had not appeared before her for the swearing of the affidavit. The court noted inconsistencies between the signatures in the register extract and those in the affidavit. The bench referenced Supreme Court rulings in Vijay Syal versus State of Punjab and K D Sharma versus Steel Authority of India to stress that litigants must not mislead judicial proceedings.#bombay_high_court #brahmapuri_police #transplantation_of_human_organs_and_tissues_act #chandrapur_kidney_racket #ravinderpal_singh_jaspal_singh
