Supreme Court Justice Sheel Nagu Recuses From Punjab CBI Probe Appeal

Supreme Court Justice Sheel Nagu on Friday recused from hearing an appeal filed by the State of Punjab in the Supreme Court of India, challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court order directing a CBI probe into corruption allegations linked to the Punjab Chief Minister's OSD. The recusal occurred before a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu, with the matter now slated to be placed before the Chief Justice of India for reassignment to another bench. While the bench did not explicitly state the reasons for recusal, it was noted that Justice Nagu, during his tenure as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, had previously heard and passed orders in other cases filed by the respondent in the present appeal, advocate Nikhil Saraf. Despite Senior Advocate Jaideep Gupta's assurance that those prior decisions would not be relied upon, the recusal proceeded, with Justice Datta remarking on the