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A pro-Ganguly PIL on Friday has sought his protection from arrest and quashing of proceedings against him.
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NEW DELHI: A day after the Centre decided to seek the Supreme Court's opinion whether justice A K Ganguly's alleged misconduct warranted his removal from West Bengal Human Rights Commission, a pro-Ganguly PIL on Friday sought his protection from arrest and quashing of proceedings against him.
UK-educated doctor M Padma Narayan Singh, who said she was daughter of 'legendary' former judge P N Singh, in her PIL was critical of the manner in which the system - criminal law, police, media, judiciary and government - operates in India, in stark contrast to western world, resulting in abuse of process and maligning personalities, in this case justice Ganguly.
The PIL petitioner threw in a new spin by alleging the controversy was conspiracy hatched by Mohun Bagan. "In this well planned conspiracy against justice A K Ganguly, the Mohun Bagan has used the female intern who had prepared the case report on Mohun Bagan in the above said arbitration matter between Mohun Bagan and All India Football Federation, in New Delhi in December 2012. AIFF also corroborates the said conspiracy."
"Mohun Bagan managing director Anjan Mitra has now sent a letter to AIFF president Praful Patel, asking him to review the judgment passed by justice A K Ganguly on the ground of his so-called 'questionable integrity' as he has been accused by the said female law intern of sexually harassing her," Singh said.
Justice Ganguly added his bit to the laterally expanding controversy be disassociating himself from National University of Juridical Sciences, from where the law intern graduated last year, as a guest faculty member. The NUJS faculty members had last month demanded suspension of justice Ganguly as a guest faculty member till the inquiry reached a logical conclusion.
She also took on additional solicitor general Indira Jaising, who had been vociferously demanding Justice Ganguly's resignation as WBHRC chief after the law intern sent her an affidavit about the December 2012 sexual harassment incident.
The petitioner said Jaising had been "working relentlessly to get justice Ganguly arrested unlawfully and to get him removed from WBHRC by building pressure on the government through media hoax, scandal and propaganda at the cost of the reputation and his rights over privacy."
Petitioner Singh derided the way Indian systems operate. She said "there has been a steep rise in the abuse of criminal law in the hands of the individuals with vested criminal interests abetted by unscrupulous lawyers, with the growing materialistic Indian culture of making big money quickly through corrupt means unlike western culture which is turning towards spiritualism."
After vouching for the 'upright' western systems experienced during her 7-year stay in UK, Singh feared for the safety of justice Ganguly, who is facing sexual harassment allegations from a law intern, given the amendment to the sexual harassment laws and the vindictive nature of police.
Seeking dropping of every proceeding initiated or to be initiated by the government and protecting him from possible arrest, Singh said: "The courts at lower levels callously take cognizance of every case on routine basis without even bothering to go through the ingredients of the FIRs/complaints. Unlike the courts in the western countries, the court proceedings in India are not under monitor of camera and are not being video-recorded."
The law intern had on November 6 last year for the first time posted a blog post alleging that she was sexually harassed by justice Ganguly in a hotel in Delhi on December 24, 2012 when she was assisting him in inquiring into on-filed violence involving Mohun Bagan football club in I-League.
Later, a 3-judge inquiry Committee appointed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam found prima facie evidence of 'unwelcome sexual conduct' from justice Ganguly towards the law graduate triggering demands for his removal as WBHRC chief.
UK-educated doctor M Padma Narayan Singh, who said she was daughter of 'legendary' former judge P N Singh, in her PIL was critical of the manner in which the system - criminal law, police, media, judiciary and government - operates in India, in stark contrast to western world, resulting in abuse of process and maligning personalities, in this case justice Ganguly.
The PIL petitioner threw in a new spin by alleging the controversy was conspiracy hatched by Mohun Bagan. "In this well planned conspiracy against justice A K Ganguly, the Mohun Bagan has used the female intern who had prepared the case report on Mohun Bagan in the above said arbitration matter between Mohun Bagan and All India Football Federation, in New Delhi in December 2012. AIFF also corroborates the said conspiracy."
"Mohun Bagan managing director Anjan Mitra has now sent a letter to AIFF president Praful Patel, asking him to review the judgment passed by justice A K Ganguly on the ground of his so-called 'questionable integrity' as he has been accused by the said female law intern of sexually harassing her," Singh said.
Justice Ganguly added his bit to the laterally expanding controversy be disassociating himself from National University of Juridical Sciences, from where the law intern graduated last year, as a guest faculty member. The NUJS faculty members had last month demanded suspension of justice Ganguly as a guest faculty member till the inquiry reached a logical conclusion.
She also took on additional solicitor general Indira Jaising, who had been vociferously demanding Justice Ganguly's resignation as WBHRC chief after the law intern sent her an affidavit about the December 2012 sexual harassment incident.
The petitioner said Jaising had been "working relentlessly to get justice Ganguly arrested unlawfully and to get him removed from WBHRC by building pressure on the government through media hoax, scandal and propaganda at the cost of the reputation and his rights over privacy."
Petitioner Singh derided the way Indian systems operate. She said "there has been a steep rise in the abuse of criminal law in the hands of the individuals with vested criminal interests abetted by unscrupulous lawyers, with the growing materialistic Indian culture of making big money quickly through corrupt means unlike western culture which is turning towards spiritualism."
After vouching for the 'upright' western systems experienced during her 7-year stay in UK, Singh feared for the safety of justice Ganguly, who is facing sexual harassment allegations from a law intern, given the amendment to the sexual harassment laws and the vindictive nature of police.
Seeking dropping of every proceeding initiated or to be initiated by the government and protecting him from possible arrest, Singh said: "The courts at lower levels callously take cognizance of every case on routine basis without even bothering to go through the ingredients of the FIRs/complaints. Unlike the courts in the western countries, the court proceedings in India are not under monitor of camera and are not being video-recorded."
The law intern had on November 6 last year for the first time posted a blog post alleging that she was sexually harassed by justice Ganguly in a hotel in Delhi on December 24, 2012 when she was assisting him in inquiring into on-filed violence involving Mohun Bagan football club in I-League.
Later, a 3-judge inquiry Committee appointed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam found prima facie evidence of 'unwelcome sexual conduct' from justice Ganguly towards the law graduate triggering demands for his removal as WBHRC chief.
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