ASG Indira Jaising asks PM to remove Ganguly

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said in Parliament today that Ganguly should have resigned by now

Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising has requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to initiate the process of removal of Justice A K Ganguly as the chairperson of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC).

In a letter to Singh, dated December 10, Jaising said, “I request you [Prime Minister]… to take the necessary action requesting the President of India to make a reference to the Supreme Court of India to initiate the process of removal of Justice A K Ganguly from the post of the chairperson of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.”
Jaising said she had approached the Prime Minister after Justice Ganguly chose not to resign.

Earlier, a Committee of three judges of the Supreme Court had indicted Justice Ganguly for "unwelcome behaviour" and "conduct of sexual nature" towards a woman law intern in a five-star hotel room in Delhi in December last year, prompting demands that action under criminal law should be initiated against him.

Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said in Parliament today that Ganguly should have resigned by now. "But he is stubbornly sticking to his post. He should immediately resign or else he should be removed from his post." Apart from the BJP, Trinamool Congress has also demanded his removal.

Ganguly, however, refused to comment. "I will not say anything about this," Justice Ganguly said when asked for his reaction on the uproar in both the houses of Parliament demanding his removal. "I have denied the allegations, I have nothing more to say," Justice Ganguly said.