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Gandhinagar:<\/strong>\u00a0Police have apprehended a man for allegedly establishing a counterfeit tribunal, impersonating a judge, and issuing orders, thereby simulating the environment of an authentic court in his office located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.<\/p>\n The suspect, Morris Samuel Christian, is said to have issued a ruling in his client\u2019s favour regarding a government land dispute dating back to 2019, suggesting that the sham court had been operational for at least the past five years.<\/p>\n Initial investigations revealed that Christian would ensnare individuals with pending land dispute cases before the city civil court. He reportedly charged his clients a certain fee to resolve their cases, as stated by the police on Monday.<\/p>\n Christian purportedly presented himself as an arbitrator appointed by the court, summoned his clients to his office in Gandhinagar, which he had fashioned to resemble a courtroom, and issued a favourable ruling as the head of the tribunal, the police reported.<\/p>\n The official release stated that the accomplices posed as court staff or lawyers to give the impression that the proceedings were legitimate.<\/p>\n Christian was arrested by the Ahmedabad city police for allegedly defrauding individuals by impersonating a judge of an arbitral tribunal and issuing favourable rulings under the pretence of being an arbitrator appointed by a competent court to resolve legal disputes.<\/p>\n The fraudulent operation was exposed and shut down following a complaint lodged at the Karanj police station by the registrar of the city civil court.<\/p>\n Christian is charged under sections 170 (impersonating a public servant) and 419 (cheating by impersonation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), according to the release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLike this:<\/h3>\n