SC stays bailable arrest warrant against former Navy Chief

New Delhi, Sep 20 (UNI) The Supreme Court today stayed a bailable arrest warrant against former Navy Chief and Transparency International India Chairman Admiral(Retd) R H Tahiliani for branding judiciary as the 'second most corrupt institution' in the country after police.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice B N Aggarwal stayed the arrest warrant issued by a judicial magistrate in Jammu and Kashmir.

The judicial magistrate of Kangan had initiated a suo-motu contempt proceedings on the basis of a newspaper report based on the findings of a study by Transparency International India (TII).

TII and Centre for Media Studies had conducted a study on corruption in various government departments. The study----'India Corruption study 2005' was earlier released by the President of India.

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