Justice AK Ganguly finally resigns

Retired Justice AK Ganguly has finally submitted his resignation from the post of Chairperson of West Bengal Human Rights Commission on Monday. He has sent his resignation to the state Governor M K Narayanan. His drastic decision perhaps signals the end of an ongoing spat that has been continuing for the last couple of months. The elite position of the Human Rights Commission has been stained certainly due to the roar. While the state government has been constantly raising their claims for Ganguly’s resignation, the other parties also did not stand by him. The allegation of sexual harassment of a law intern has reached another climax. Justice Ganguly had been reluctant in resigning and even the union cabinet cleared the presidential references. Retired Justice Ganguly had also written letters to the Chief justice of the Supreme Court with a copy marked to the President. However, AK Ganguly preferred to remain silence in front of the...

AK Ganguly resigns from NUJS

The retired justice AK Ganguly has announced his disassociation from NUJS in the wake of the ongoing turmoil triggered off by the faculty members of the institute. The victim law intern, who has alleged AK Ganguly for undesired sexual harassment had been a student of the NUJS. The faculty members have written a joint petition to the vice chancellor regarding temporary disassociation of AK Ganguly. Ganguly has also said that he used to volunteer over there as the teachers and students used to accept him. When they have expressed their agonies, why should he continue further? The retired justice AK Ganguly does not want to term it as going defensive. It must be noted that the union cabinet has sent their recommendation to the President for a probe by the Supreme...

AK Ganguly’s fate is in front of the cabinet

The union cabinet will decide whether to include the State Government’s allegations in AK Ganguly case along with the sexual harassment charges. The cabinet will recommend to the President, which in turn may be sent as the presidential preferences to the Supreme Court to probe into the allegations. Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, has sent letters to the President. The retired justice AK Ganguly is also alleged of visiting Pakistan without intimating the state governor. It is also alleged that AK Ganguly has made money by becoming an arbitrator during his tenure of Chairperson of Human Rights Commission, West Bengal. The President may remove AK Ganguly after the full-fledged investigation of the Supreme...

WBNUJS disassociates AK Ganguly

In an eventful turn, the faculty members of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences have expressed their desire to disassociate with Justice AK Ganguly on temporary basis in the wake of the ongoing turmoil regarding the undesired sexual harassment case. The victim law intern had been a student of the organization. They have placed the memorandum to the Vice Chancellor, which will be finally decided by the working committee in January. The faculty members have also alleged that the comments of the retired justice AK Ganguly have been humiliating the law intern. Justice AK Ganguly is an honorary lecturer of WBNUJS. AK Ganguly has refused to comment on this emerging situation as he has not received any intimation from the University, as...

AK Ganguly – spat continues

The letter of retired justice AK Ganguly has fueled the apparently silent law intern to defend her through her blog. She has tried to defend a few indirect allegations raised by AK Ganguly. She has stood by the special committee of the Supreme Court, for obvious reasons, the sanctity of which was questioned by the retired justice AK Ganguly. We expect the turmoil to continue for some more time. The political leaders have reinstated the claims for his resignation from the position of chairperson of Human Rights Commission of West Bengal. The political roars and the argument between the retired justice and the law intern may also be continuing. Brushing asides controversies, we as common citizens surely want the facts to be revealed and the justice to be...