New Delhi, December 31: The principle-justice must not only be done, but must be seen to be done-was the driving force for Delhi courts in the year gone by as they punished clout-wielding offenders like Sukhram and Dawood Ibrahim’s alleged front-man Romesh Sharma.
Octogenarian former Union communications minister Sukhram was sentenced to three years jail term in a 13-year-old corruption case by a court which also ordered forfeiture of Rs 4.25 crore disproportionate assets amassed by him during his tenure in the P V Narasimha Rao government.
Former bureaucrat Runu Ghosh also got three years jail term for amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 20.94 lakh during the tenure of Sukhram.
Sharma, in jail since 1998 in connection with a dozen criminal cases, failed to get relief in a tax evasion case to the tune of Rs 8.
–PTI