She has requested the Prime Minister to initiate the due process of law for the judge's removal in order to maintain the institutional integrity of Human Rights Bodies.
“We will be sending a much-required signal to the country at large, that the rights of women matter and will be respected. It will also send a signal that ‘be you ever so high, the law is above law' and most importantly, it will send a signal that those who are charged with the constitutional duty to enforce the law, must first live by the law themselves,” she said.
A Committee of three judges of the Supreme Court had indicted Justice Ganguly for “unwelcome behaviour” and “conduct of sexual nature” towards a woman law intern in a five-star hotel room in Delhi in December last year, prompting demands that action under criminal law should be initiated against him.
In her letter, Jaising said, “Sir, as is evident from the finding of the three judges committee there is a prima facie case of an act of unwelcome behaviour (unwelcome verbal/non verbal conduct of sexual nature) by Mr Justice (retd) A K Ganguly.”
Updated on: December 13, 2013 22:06 IST
