Former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly, indicted for sexual harassment, has resigned as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights panel and reportedly handed in his resignation to West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan on Jan 06,2014 Monday evening
A committee of three Supreme Court judges found the former judge guilty of sexually harassing a lawyer who interned for him, at a five-star hotel in Delhi in December 2012.
The panel indicted him for "unwelcome behaviour" and "conduct of sexual nature" towards the woman but said no action could be taken as Justice Ganguly had retired before the incident.
Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising, who made public the woman's statement to the committee of 3-judges' of SC said she was happy about Justice Ganguly's resignation. "It was long overdue, it should have come earlier. This is a case about the treatment of working women, whether it is a judge or any other person, a certain standard of behaviour is expected ''
Justice Ganguly(66)has been under intense political pressure to step down.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had since written to President Pranab Mukherjee twice, seeking his removal.
The Union Cabinet had cleared a request for a Presidential reference to the Supreme Court to forcibly remove Justice Ganguly.
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