Justice Soumitra Sen of Calcutta High Court resigned on Thursday, five dys before his impeachment motion was to be taken up in the Lok Sabha.
Justice Sen was quoted as saying that he has decided to not to go to the Lok Sabha and instead put in his papers. He added that he has send his resignation to the President Pratibha Patil and a copy of it to the Lok Sabha Speaker.
His lawyer Subhash Bhatacharya said that in his letter to the President, Justice Sen has said that since Rajya Sabha has decided in its wisdom that he should not continue as a Judge, he is resigning and wants to live as a common citizen.
The Rajya Sabha had on August 18 overwhelmingly approved the impeachment motion against Justice Sen.
Justice Sen was held guilty of misappropriating Rs.33.23 lakh in a 1983 case.
Reported by
AR
No comments:
Post a Comment