Former Chief Justice To Appoint Politician He Convicted As Head Of A Corporation In Kerala?

Kerala's Governor, P Sathasivam, who is a former chief justice, is staring ahead at an awkward, difficult situation. He has to appoint a man he convicted, politician R Balakrishna Pillai, as chairman of the State Forward Communities’ Welfare Corporation.

As per a Live Law report, Sathasivam, along with Justice B S Chauhan (presently Chairman of the Law Commission of India), had convicted Kerala politician Pillai and sentenced him to imprisonment for a year with a fine of Rs 10,000 in a case of corruption in the Idamalayar Hydroelectric Power Project.

The decision to appoint Pillai as chairman of the Welfare Corporation will not be an easy one for Sathasivam. Pillai, on the other hand, has the Left government in Kerala to thank for his appointment despite his criminal antecedents.