Ex-CJI refuses to wade into row over Justice Ganguly

December 19, 2013 17:55

Former Chief Justice of India and NHRC Chairperson K G Balakrishnan today refused to be drawn into the controversy over the demands for removal of Justice A K Ganguly as chairman of West Bengal HRC in the wake of allegations of sexual misbehaviour with a law intern.

"Justice Ganguly was appointed as the chairman of WBHRC by the West Bengal Government and it is the state which should seek presidential reference to be moved before the Supreme Court, if required, for appropriate action," he told reporters on the sidelines of an event organised by the NHRC.

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