New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Monday decided not to proceed with the motion to remove Calcutta High Court judge Justice Soumitra Sen as he had already resigned. 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. The proceedings, listed for the afternoon, were dropped...
11:45 AM, Sep 05, 2011
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: Government on Sunday took the unusual step of notifying the resignation of Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court, strengthening speculation that the proceedings against him in the Lok Sabha scheduled for Monday may be dropped, but there was no official confirmation of such a move. Earlier in the day, Sen's brief resignation letter, written and signed in his own hand " a prerequisite as per the...
07:37 PM, Sep 04, 2011
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will take the final call on whether to carry out proceedings against Justice Soumitra Sen in Lok Sabha or not. The Speaker will decide on Monday morning after consulting all parties, according to sources. Sources have also said that Attorney General GE Vahanvati had advised that the proceedings should continue in Lok Sabha. Justice Sen hand-delivered his resignation letter to the President on...
01:58 PM, Sep 04, 2011
Justice Soumitra Sen had put in his papers to save himself from the ignominy of been the first judge to be removed. ...
10:11 PM, Sep 03, 2011
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil on Saturday accepted the resignation letter of Justice Soumitra Sen and has forwarded it to the Law Ministry for action, said sources. The Lok Sabha will now decide if the motion of Justice Sen's removal will be taken up on Monday or not. The Government on Friday decided to go by Attorney General GE Vahanvati's suggestion that despite the resignation the motion of removal of...
06:45 PM, Sep 03, 2011
New Delhi: Controversial Calcutta High Court Judge Justice Soumitra Sen on Saturday sent his resignation in writing to the President, raising fresh questions whether impeachment proceedings against him in Lok Sabha on Monday will go on as scheduled. "A lawyer on behalf of Justice Sen has handed over a resignation letter to the President this morning. The President is perusing it," a Rashtrapati Bhawan Spokesperson said on Saturday without disclosing...
11:24 AM, Sep 03, 2011
New Delhi: The government has been advised to go ahead with the removal proceedings against Calcutta High Court Judge Soumitra Sen. Sources have said that Justice Sen's resignation letter was not found in order. Justice Sen had resigned on Thursday ahead of a motion seeking his removal in the Lok Sabha. On August 18, the Rajya Sabha had by a huge margin approved the motion of his removal on the...
03:38 PM, Sep 02, 2011
Justice Soumitra Sen has resigned a few days ahead of the Lok Sabha taking up the motion to remove him. The Calcutta High Court Judge has sent his resignation letter to President Pratibha Patil. Justice Sen has written a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar apart from the resignation letter that he has sent to President Pratibha Patil. Following is the full text of a letter he has sent...
07:03 PM, Sep 01, 2011
New Delhi: Justice Soumitra Sen has resigned a few days ahead of the Lok Sabha taking up the motion to remove him. The Calcutta High Court Judge has sent his resignation letter to President Pratibha Patil. On August 18, the Rajya Sabha had by a huge margin approved the motion of his removal on the charges of misappropriation of funds when he was a lawyer. But he claimed that he...
06:11 PM, Sep 01, 2011
Justice Sen quits a few days ahead of Lok Sabha taking up impeachment motion against him. Here's the full text of the Justice Sen's letter to Lok Sabha Speaker: The Hon'ble Speaker Lok Sabha Parliament House New Delhi Respected Madam, With a very heavy heart and a deep sense of anguish I am writing this letter to you. I was elevated as a Judge of Calcutta High Court on 3rd...
04:47 PM, Sep 01, 2011
BJP leader Arun Jaitley said there should be a national level judicial commission for more accountability after the Rajya Sabha passed a motion to remove Justice Soumitra Sen. ...
11:07 PM, Aug 18, 2011
New Delhi: For the first time in independent India, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favour of removal of a judge. Justice Soumitra Sen, a sitting judge of the Calcutta High Court, was accused of misappropriation of funds when he was a lawyer. The matter now moves to the Lok Sabha after which it will be forwarded to the President. "I am defending my life...very existence before you....
06:10 PM, Aug 18, 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: The Rajya Sabha is set to resume the first-ever impeachment proceedings against sitting high court judge Justice Soumitra Sen on Thursday. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Arun Jaitely is likely to accuse Justice Soumitra Sen of committing perjury on the floor of the House. Sen was in the dock in Parliament on Wednesday. He got 90 minutes to defend himself against charges of misappropriating funds by claiming he...
10:28 AM, Aug 18, 2011
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