Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi has filed a contempt petition against the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). The move comes after 16 judges recused themselves from cases involving Chaturvedi. Apart from the eight CAT members, the list reportedly also includes two Supreme Court and four High Court justices, and two lower court judges. These include former Supreme Court judges Justices U U Lalit and Ranjan Gogoi.

Who is Sanjiv Chaturvedi IFS?

Fifty-year-old Sanjiv Chaturvedi gained recognition as a whistleblower by exposing alleged corruption during his tenure as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), and has faced repeated judicial rejections in his ongoing legal battles with government agencies. A firebrand spea

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