Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has admitted a notice of the motion by MPs to start impeachment proceedings against Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran over land-grabbing allegations. Rajya Sabha Secretariat sources said, due process will be set in motion with Ansari accepting the notice.<br/><br/>The Chairman is now expected to constitute a three-member committee comprising a Supreme Court judge, a high court chief justice and a jurist to examine the notice and give its views before the impeachment process is carried forward.<br/><br/>The first step for initiating impeachment against Dinakaran, who has stayed away from judicial work, was taken on Monday by a group of 75 members of the Rajya Sabha, who presented a petition to Ansari. <br/><br/>The 55-page notice, listing 12 acts of alleged misbehaviour by Justice Dinakaran, was submitted to Ansari under Judges (Enquiry) Act, 1968. Barring Congress and DMK, MPs of almost all parties in Rajya Sabha signed the notice.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Justice Dinakaran told a TV channel that all allegations against him are baseless.<br/>
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RS Chairman admits notice for impeachment of Dinakaran