Thursday, August 18, 2011: In a first, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday impeached Calcutta high court judge Justice Soumitra Sen on charges of corruption. Justice Sen could go down in history as the first judge to be removed if Lok Sabha gives its consent next week to the motion for his impeachment.
With the Upper House approving with overwhelming majority of 189 votes in favor and 17 against, the issue is expected to come up in the Lower House on August 24-25.
Justice Sen, who was found guilty of misappropriating Rs 33.23 lakh, which were under his custody as a court-appointed receiver in the capacity as a lawyer and misrepresenting facts before a Calcutta court, had claimed he was being victimized and was made a “sacrificial lamb” to cleanse the judiciary.
Earlier, pleading for justice, 53-year-old Sen trained his guns on former Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan over charges of misappropriation of funds and misconduct against him (Sen) alleging it was his pre-determined move to hold him guilty.
The Inquiry Committee had found him guilty of misappropriation of funds as a court-appointed receiver in a case where certain money belonging to SAIL was stuck in a dispute in 1983. The motion had sought removal of Justice Sen.
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