Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari should "quit political activities" and give up the post of the chief of the ruling PPP in line with a judgement issued in 2012, the Lahore High Court has said. The Chief Justice of the High Court, Umar Ata Bandial, asked Wasim Sajjad, the counsel for the federal government, to present a clear point of view on behalf of the President about implementing the court's...
03:56 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on January 13 sacked the country's first woman Chief Justice by ratifying her controversial impeachment by Parliament on corruption charges despite protests at home and global calls for restraint, pushing the nation into the brink of a major Constitutional stand-off. 54-year-old Shirani Bandaranayake was served a notice ordering her to quit her post, two days after the Parliament overwhelmingly voted to impeach her deepening the...
05:45 PM, Jan 13, 2013
The Sri Lankan Parliament Friday voted by a majority to impeach the country's Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake, beginning the process to remove her from office. The impeachment motion was passed by a two-third majority with 155 members voting for and 49 against it. ...
09:45 AM, Jan 12, 2013
Colombo: Sri Lanka's ruling coalition is all set to impeach the country's first woman Chief Justice on the charges of "improper conduct" after weeks of a simmering spat between the executive and the judiciary, a media report said. A motion to remove Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake from the post will be handed over to the parliamentary speaker on Thursday, the Sinhala language daily 'Lankadeepa' said on Wednesday. The government parliamentary...
12:35 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Asuncion: Paraguay's new president said on Saturday he would ask his impeached predecessor to help quell regional tensions after Argentina withdrew its ambassador in protest at what it said was a coup and Brazil recalled its top diplomat for consultations. Paraguay's South American neighbours and key trading partners are taking it to task for the unprecedented speed with which its opposition-dominated Congress removed President Fernando Lugo on Friday, saying he...
10:32 PM, Jun 24, 2012
Sources have told CNN-IBN that the government is unlikely to pass the Impeachment motion against Justice Soumitra Sen in the Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is expected to seek the views of all parties on Monday, on whether to proceed with the impeachment of Sen in the Lok Sabha. Justice Sen had resigned last week, in a bid to avoid being removed, and his resignation was accepted by...
08:56 AM, Sep 05, 2011
New Delhi: Arun Jailtley on Thursday led the BJP charge in the Rajya Sabha, against tainted judge Soumitra Sen and called it a 'fit case of misconduct' by a judge. The Calcutta High Court judge is accused of fund misappropriation when he was a lawyer. Voting on Justice Sen impeachment to take place at 6.40 pm in the Rajya Sabha. If the Rajya Sabha votes to impeach him, the motion...
04:39 PM, Aug 18, 2011
New Delhi: On a day when Anna Hazare's anti corruption protests swelled across different towns and cities in the country, the upper house of Parliament for the first time ever began impeachment proceedings against a sitting judge of the Calcutta High Court for corruption. Justice Soumitra Sen on Wednesday attended the Rajya Sabha to defend himself in an impeachment motion. In his almost two-hour defence in the Rajya Sabha which...
10:40 PM, Aug 17, 2011
New Delhi: CPI(M) MP Sitaram Yechury moved the impeachment motion against Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Yechury moved the motion after Justice Sen was brought to the bar of the House and Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari gave the go ahead. "The matter pertaining to removal of the judge is very serious. The time alloted is 4 hours excluding 90 minutes...
03:13 PM, Aug 17, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the pre-impeachment probe by a Rajya Sabha-appointed panel into allegations of judicial misconduct and corruption against Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran. The apex court passed the order on a plea by Justice Dinakaran, expressing apprehension of biased probe against him by the three-member panel, comprising Justice Aftab Alam of the apex court, Karnataka High Court Chief Justice J S...
12:29 PM, Apr 29, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday the Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran's plea seeking a stay of the impeachment proceedings initiated against him for alleged misconduct and corruption. A bench headed by Justice D K Jain will take up Dinakaran's petition in which the beleaguered judge has challenged the proceedings before a three-member Rajya Sabha-appointed inquiry panel which has been hearing the charges of...
11:57 AM, Apr 28, 2011
New Delhi: Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking stay of the impeachment proceedings initiated against him for alleged misconduct and corruption. Justice Dinakaran challenged the proceedings before a three-member Rajya Sabha-appointed inquiry panel which has been hearing the charges of alleged land grabbing and possession of wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. He has sought quashing of the order...
03:03 PM, Apr 26, 2011
New Delhi: Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court has been has found him guilty of misappropriation of funds and making false statements. The three-member committee set up by Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari has found the allegations against Justice Soumitra Sen to be true. The committee found Justice Sen guilty of misbehaviour under article 124(4) of the Constitution of India. He could go down in history as the...
12:30 PM, Nov 10, 2010
New Delhi: The fate of Calcutta High Court judge Soumitra Sen could be decided on Wednesday. A three-member committee set up by Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari to inquire into allegations of misappropriation of public funds by Justice Soumitra Sen has submitted its report If the committee finds the judge guilty, Justice Sen could go down in history as the first judge to be removed by impeachment in India. The...
10:59 AM, Nov 10, 2010
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court judge Soumitra Sen may just become the first judge to be impeached after a Rajya Sabha committee found him guilty of financial irregularities. Vice President Hamid Ansari, who is also the Chairman of Rajya Sabha, headed the committee. The report will now be tabled in Parliament in the winter session, when both Houses will put the issue to vote. Justice Sen, who had not been performing...
10:57 AM, Sep 11, 2010
Sources say Congress may oppose Justice Dinakaran's impeachment. ...
08:34 PM, Dec 19, 2009
He faces allegations of irregularities in land acquisition. ...
08:34 AM, Dec 17, 2009
Process for removing judges needs change, simplification. ...
02:25 AM, Dec 15, 2009
Calcutta HC Judge Soumitra Sen is accused of misconduct. ...
09:36 AM, Jun 20, 2009
The Chief Justice of India has recommended the removal of the judge. ...
10:16 PM, Sep 08, 2008
