Impeachment motion against HC judge on March 14

Rajya Sabha is slated to take up the Impeachment Motion against Calcutta High Court Judge Soumitra Sen on March 14.

Sen will be the second judge in independent India to face such a motion for allegedly misappropriating Rs 42 lakh when he, as a lawyer, had been appointed a receiver by a court of law.

There are ten senior advocates in the Rajya Sabha from various political parties who are keen to speak on this motion. The motion may turn out to be embarassing for the United Progressive Alliance government, as these lawyers are bound to bring up the issue of  corruption in judiciary.

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari had admitted a motion for impeachment of Justice Sen after a three-member committee headed by sitting Supreme Court judge justice B Sudarshan Reddy found him guilty of misconduct. Other members of the panel were former Punjab and Haryana high court chief justice Mukul Mudgal and legal luminary F S Nariman.