The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday ordered the suspension of five judges who were caught cheating during the first year Master of Law (LLM) examinations in Warangal.
The judges, along with three advocates, put the judiciary to shame by resorting to blatant copying in the examinations at the Arts and Science College on Tuesday. They are students of the Kakatiya University's School of Distance Learning and Continuing Examination.
Passing the LLM examinations would have fetched them handsome increments and made them eligible for promotions in future.
Those caught copying are Anantapur senior civil judge M. Krishnappa, Ranga Reddy district senior civil judge K. Ajithsimha Rao, second additional district judge Vijayanand, Bapatla senior civil judge M Srinivasa Chary and Warangal junior civil judge Hanumantha Rao, besides advocates P. Sheela Rani, K. Venkanna and V. Rajasekhar.
All eight were debarred from taking further examinations.
Dr Nalapalli Manohar, the university's additional controller of examination, said the candidates were writing their examinations in Room No. 102 when a flying squad of invigilators headed by him made a surprise visit to the college.
The team was earlier alerted and hence were accompanied by reporters and cameramen of a local television channel. One of the judges was found copying from a book Legal and Constitutional History of India which he had hidden under his answer sheet.
A few others were caught with slips torn out of text books and other study material.
The invigilators immediately confiscated the answer sheets and the material used for copying from the accused and debarred them on the spot.
"We are not bothered whether they are judges, advocates or policemen. For us, they were students appearing for an examination," Manohar said.
However, the university authorities did not file any case against them in the police stations.
"The answer papers of those caught would not be evaluated. They would be barred from writing the two remaining examinations," Manohar added.
The university's controller of examinations Prof. S. Ram Reddy said the matter would be reported to the government for appropriate action.
Taking serious note of the incident, a team of five senior judges of the high court headed by chief justice N. A. Kakru directed the high court registrar to suspend the accused and instructed the state government to take disciplinary action against them.
The high court also asked the university authorities to submit a comprehensive report on the incident of mass copying before it.
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