"There is no escape from any misdeed you did long ago" . Nobody knows better than Justice soumitra sen. A very talented Lawyer elevated to Permanent judge of Culcutta High Court ,justice sen, is very well known for his knowledge for civil laws and criminal laws. But sometimes your old days always haunt you like ghost..
Justice sen , being a receiver in a case of SAIL vs Shipping corporation of India 1993, recievd 33Lakh INR+ as proceeds of purchaser's goods --A matter of law suit ; and kept it into his saving account as directed by high court. That money was kept it into his account , though high court chief justice , Justice SenGupta , directed him to amount, including Interest ,it to SAIL , but he was aloof , and this case didn't get limelight untill 2003 when SAIL asked for that money, By that time he had become the Judge of High court.. Finally he bowed down and paid around 55lakh to SAIL.
When Chief Justice BalaKrishnan directed to Mr. Nijjar , then Chief justice of Culcutta High court, to give the report on this matter , this is the first time when Centre got grip of this issue.
The judges committee in February 2008 found ‘misappropriation of money (at least temporary)’ following which Justice Balakrishnan asked Sen to either quit or opt for voluntary retirement. But Sen did not oblige.
After Balakrishnan brought the matter to the notice of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, calling for starting proceedings for Sen’s removal, the Rajya Sabha constituted a three-member panel which held him guilty of misappropriation and misrepresentation of facts. On Wednesday, the impeachment motion was moved in the upper house by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sitaram Yechury.
Sen, who was given a chance to defend himself in the house, made an impassioned plea: ‘I am defending my life, very existence. Please decide in accordance with your conscience, applying your mind and on merit.’
However, his plea failed to move the members, and the upper house carried the impeachment motion by a huge margin of 173 votes.
This is the well setting of example. But why it didnt happen in Case of V. Ramaswamy who was also involved in misappropriation of the Govt. Funds,being a Cheif justice of Punjab and Hariyana High Court ??? Why , that time , Congress in Lokshaba was in mass absentia?
Biggest Irony is that , then Chief Justice of India BalaKrishnan , who is also facing the charge of corruption , evidently not done by him , but done by family members using his name; took very active part in this case... It's right the person ,who has stigma of misappropriation , is not supposed to be at high office? But shouldn't it be applied on all the offices of polity and judiciary ? Why our MPs always take on easiest prey ?
Though Nijjar comittee didn't (set up by the BalaKrishnan) didn't apply serious charge on him , except in delaying the payment.But why such facts were not seen by B. Sudershan Reddy's committee?
Mr. Soumitra Sen , you have to curse your jinx.. As your fate is already written in RajyaSabha and soon it will be written in LokSabha (Unless you supply baggage of Money to Congress , only who can save you)..I am not against the impeachment of Justice Sen. But looking at hell lot of deserving candidates around, it makes me feel with grief...
Jai Hind!!!
