Impeachment motion against Justice Sen dropped by Lok Sabha

November 5, 2011

Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court escaped impeachment by the Lok Sabha
When the Law Minister Salman Khurshid conveyed to the House the information about Justice Sen’s resignation, the House before which the impeachment business was put, dropped it after a Sense of the House was sought by Speaker Meira Kumar relating to dropping the proceedings against Sen
The Members responded in agreement after which the Speaker declared that the House agrees
Justice Sen is the first Judge who has been impeached by the Rajya Sabha
The Lok Sabha was to impeach Sen for misconduct and misappropriation of funds in the capacity of a Court Receiver, over which he was impeached by an overwhelming majority in the Rajya Sabha earlier
The proceedings of the impeachment motion were set in process when over 50 Rajya Sabha MPs moved such a motion
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Mohd. Hamid Ansari set up a special committee constituted to look into the allegations levelled against Justice Sen
The Committee found the charges of financial abnormalities against Justice Sen to be truthful