New Delhi, July 27 - The Delhi High Court Monday ordered a vigilance probe into alleged financial irregularities in public broadcaster Prasar Bharati and also appointed a retired judge to supervise its board meetings.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Manmohan directed the board to convene its meeting within 15 days.
The bench passed the order after the government failed to reconcile differences between chairman of the board Arun Bhatnagar and CEO B.S. Lalli.
'We are also of the opinion that keeping in view the unjustified attitude of the CEO, as would be apparent from his last affidavit in which he has repeatedly stated that some members holding slender majority are trying to weaken his office, no useful purpose would be served by convening a board meeting under the supervision of a senior law officer,' the bench observed.
It directed Prasar Bharati to file the minutes of the meeting within 10 days and that all proceedings of the meeting should be videographed.
The bench nominated former judge J.