NEW DELHI, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- In a major crackdown on judiciary in India, as many as three junior judges posted at District Courts, have been dismissed and eight others denied service extension in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Among the dismissed is one woman judge, while two other women judges have been kept under a "strict watch" by anti-corruption sleuths and also denied five salary increments, reported The Times of India on Monday.
According to the report, the Madras High Court, the top court in the state, took a serious note of corruption charges against the judges and investigated into their "role" before deciding on their respective punishments.
The latest crackdown came four years after as many as 10 judges were removed from their respective services.
India has a three-layered judicial system. The lowest courts, at the district level, are called the District Courts or Trial Courts, then come the state-level High Courts, and finally the apex court - the Supreme Court of India.
Corruption in India's judiciary remains an open secret as corruption allegations are leveled against the judges and several judges dismissed or penalised every year in one state or the other over corruption charges.
