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| name = H. R. Bhardwaj | | name =H. R. Bhardwaj | ||
| image = Hans Raj Bhardwaj.png | | image = Hans Raj Bhardwaj.png | ||
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| successor2 = [[Veerappa Moily]] | | successor2 = [[Veerappa Moily]] | ||
| birth_date = 17 May 1937 | | birth_date = 17 May 1937 | ||
| birth_place = Gahri Sampla Kiloi, [[Rohtak district | | birth_place =[[Garhi Sampla-Kiloi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gahri Sampla Kiloi]], [[Rohtak district]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj]] (present-day Haryana, [[India]]) | ||
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| death_date = 8 March 2020 (aged 82)<ref>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/former-law-minister-hans-raj-bhardwaj-dies-at-83-52862 Former Law minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj dies at 83]. Tribune India (8 March 2020)</ref> | | death_date = 8 March 2020 (aged 82)<ref>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/former-law-minister-hans-raj-bhardwaj-dies-at-83-52862 Former Law minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj dies at 83]. Tribune India (8 March 2020)</ref> | ||
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Bharadwaj also received much flak from the public and media for his unceremonious, scathing personal attack on Mysore university vice-chancellor V G Talawar when the latter was initiating action against former vice-chancellor J Shashidhar Prasad. Prasad is accused of committing irregularities in the recruitment of around 200 professors and readers during his tenure between 2003 and 2007 which are yet to be proved.{{cn|date=March 2020}} | Bharadwaj also received much flak from the public and media for his unceremonious, scathing personal attack on Mysore university vice-chancellor V G Talawar when the latter was initiating action against former vice-chancellor J Shashidhar Prasad. Prasad is accused of committing irregularities in the recruitment of around 200 professors and readers during his tenure between 2003 and 2007 which are yet to be proved.{{cn|date=March 2020}} | ||
On 21 January 2011, Governor Bhardwaj sanctioned the prosecution of Chief Minister of Karnataka ([[Yeddyurappa]]) under [[Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988|Prevention of Corruption Act]], following several allegations of his involvement in land scams and seizure of trucks carrying illegally mined iron ore.<ref>http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bellary-mining-reddy-brothers-defy-sc-order/1/146713.html</ref> However, on 7 March [[Karnataka High Court]] quashed this decision and the Lokayukta Police [[First information report|FIR]]. The court observed, ''"The petitioner was condemned unheard and there is flagrant violation of principles of natural justice, fairness in administrative action and statutory provision"''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_big-relief-for-yeddyurappa-as-hc-quashes-fir-in-mining-case_1659579 | title=Big relief for Yeddyurappa as HC quashes FIR in mining case | date=7 March 2012 | access-date=22 March 2012}} | On 21 January 2011, Governor Bhardwaj sanctioned the prosecution of Chief Minister of Karnataka ([[Yeddyurappa]]) under [[Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988|Prevention of Corruption Act]], following several allegations of his involvement in land scams and seizure of trucks carrying illegally mined iron ore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bellary-mining-reddy-brothers-defy-sc-order/1/146713.html|title = Reddy brothers defy SC order on mining, trucks with iron ore seized in Bellary}}</ref> However, on 7 March [[Karnataka High Court]] quashed this decision and the Lokayukta Police [[First information report|FIR]]. The court observed, ''"The petitioner was condemned unheard and there is flagrant violation of principles of natural justice, fairness in administrative action and statutory provision"''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_big-relief-for-yeddyurappa-as-hc-quashes-fir-in-mining-case_1659579 | title=Big relief for Yeddyurappa as HC quashes FIR in mining case | date=7 March 2012 | access-date=22 March 2012}} | ||
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On 7 February 2011, Bharadwaj withheld the approval of honorary doctorate by the [[Bangalore University]] to noted historian and Kannada writer [[M. Chidananda Murthy]]. Chidananda Murthy had backed justice BK Somasekhara Commission's report on church attacks in Karnataka in 2008. Akhila Bharata [[Kannada Sahitya Sammelana]] 2011, held in Bangalore, adopted a resolution to "condemn" the Governor's decision. Taking note of this, Bharadwaj agreed to give his approval after recommendations from Bangalore university syndicates.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130830225058/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-07/bangalore/28375512_1_doctorate-governor-forcible-conversion ]</ref> | On 7 February 2011, Bharadwaj withheld the approval of honorary doctorate by the [[Bangalore University]] to noted historian and Kannada writer [[M. Chidananda Murthy]]. Chidananda Murthy had backed justice BK Somasekhara Commission's report on church attacks in Karnataka in 2008. Akhila Bharata [[Kannada Sahitya Sammelana]] 2011, held in Bangalore, adopted a resolution to "condemn" the Governor's decision. Taking note of this, Bharadwaj agreed to give his approval after recommendations from Bangalore university syndicates.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130830225058/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-07/bangalore/28375512_1_doctorate-governor-forcible-conversion ]</ref> | ||