RS to take up Justice Sen's impeachment in Budget session
February 23, 2011 01:12 IST
The Rajya Sabha is slated to take up impeachment motion against Calcutta High Court Judge Soumitra Sen on March 14.
Sen, who will be the second Judge in independent India to face such a motion for alleged misconduct in misappropriating Rs 42 lakh when he, as a lawyer, had been appointed a receiver by a court of law.
There are ten senior advocates in the Rajya Sabha in various political parties are keen to speak on this motion. This will be an embarrassing moments for the UPA2, as these lawyers bound to bring in corruption in the judiciary, in one form or the other.
Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has admitted a motion for Sen's impeachment after a three-member committee headed by sitting Supreme Court judge Justice B Sudarshan Reddy, found him guilty of misconduct. Other members of the panel were former Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal and leading Jurist Fali S Nariman.
A Correspondent in New Delhi
