JUSTICE SOUMITRA SEN, Calcutta high court

He was accused of misappropriation of public funds in his capacity as receiver appointed by the high court of Calcutta, and misrepresenting facts. In 2009, 58 MPs of Rajya Sabha moved a motion for his impeachment. The report of the three-member committee, placed in both Houses, said justice Sen was ‘guilty of misbehaviour’. It said oral and documentary evidence had established that two separate accounts were opened by justice Sen as “receiver” in his own name and a total sum aggregating to ~33,22,800 being the sale proceeds of goods were brought into the two accounts between March 24, 1993 and May 5, 1995. The impeachment motion was moved in Rajya Sabha and debated upon. On August 18, 2011, the RS passed the motion by an overwhelming majority of 189 votes in favour and 17 against. Ahead of the impeachment motion against him in Lok Sabha in September 2011, Sen resigned. Later, LS decided to drop the impeachment proceedings against him as he had resigned.