New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday filed a chargesheet against former Allahabad High Court judge Narayan Shukla in connection with a corruption case.

Justice Shukla is accused of favouring private medical colleges. The CBI had registered a case against Justice Shukla of Lucknow Bench under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

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It is alleged that Prasad Institute of Medical Sciences was barred from admitting students in May 2017 due to substandard facilities and non-fulfilment of required criteria, along with 46 other medical colleges on the same grounds.

CBI along with other accused had registered a case against Justice Shukla in December 2019 under section 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. (ANI)

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