Govt may move towards Presidential Reference against Ganguly

December 19, 2013 18:34

Government today appeared to be moving towards making a Presidential Reference for removal of Justice A K Ganguly as head of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission in the wake of his indictment by a Supreme Court committee for "unwelcome behaviour" towards a law intern.

The law ministry and the home ministry are learnt to be in agreement that prima facie a case can be made out against the former Supreme Court judge, sources said.

The matter has now been referred to Attorney General G E Vahanvati to work out legal details. The procedure of referring the matter to a senior law officer ensures that the case presented in the Presidential Reference is watertight to withstand the scrutiny of the apex court.

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