Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Thursday tore into the Justice Somitera Sen’s defence, saying that the latter had misled the House. Contniuing his argument Mr Jaitley, said that he had gone through the entire evidence in the judge's case and found it to be in tandem with the inquiry that proved misappropriation of funds by the Judge. Justice Sen of the Calcutta High Court had, in his defence, on Wednesday asserted that he was not guilty of financial irregularities and the allegations of misconduct and misappropriation of funds against him were aimed at victimising him in a pre-determined move. Mr Jaitley supported the motion moved by CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury for Justice Sen's removal. The House resumed discussion on the motion Thursday afternoon. Opposing the motion Satish Mishra of BSP put across his argument making a case in his defence. The debate in the House is continuing. A special committee constituted by Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari had found charges of financial irregularities against Justice Sen to be correct. He is accused of misappropriating nearly 24 lakh rupees in the 1990s when he was a lawyer and was appointed receiver by the Calcutta High Court. AIR correspondent reports that this is the second time that an impeachment motion for removal of a Judge has been taken up by Parliament. In 1993, the Lok Sabha took up the motion to remove Justice V. Ramaswamy of Supreme Court but the motion fell through.
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Jaitley tears into Justice Sen’s defence, says he has misled House