Monday, September 5, 2011: The Lok Sabha has decided not to proceed
with the motion to remove Calcutta High Court judge Justice Soumitra
Sen. The decision not to go ahead with the removal motion of Justice Sen
was taken after Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar held consultations with
the representatives of government and political parties on the issue.
Justice Sen had resigned from the High Court on Thursday and faxed the letter to President Pratibha Patil.
The President on Saturday accepted the resignation letter and forwarded
it to the Law Ministry for action after a lawyer on behalf of Justice
Sen handed over the resignation letter to her on Saturday morning as the
letter faxed to the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday was not found to be
in order.
By resigning, Justice Sen has saved himself from the ignominy of
being the first judge to be removed by Parliament and also ensured that
he will get the pension benefits.
Justice Sen (53) was found guilty of misappropriating Rs 33.23 lakh
under his custody as a court-appointed receiver in the capacity as a
lawyer, and misrepresenting facts before a Calcutta court in a 1983
case.
The motion of removal against Justice Sen was passed with an overwhelming majority by the Rajya Sabha on August 18.
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