Justice Sen quits

Humiliated by the adoption of an impeachment motion in Rajya Sabha and facing another in the lower house, Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court has sent President Pratibha Patil his resignation letter. But he insisted that he wasn’t guilty of the corruption charges levelled against him and would believe so throughout his life. Sen was accused of misappropriating Rs 33 lakh as a receiver in 1983. Had he been impeached, Sen’s would have been the first such case in India. Earlier impeachment moves have fallen through because the judges quit or the House vote fell short of numbers. In another letter to the Speaker, Sen submitted the defence he would have put up in the Lok Sabha.