Former Justice Ashok Kumar Ganguly on Tuesday said he resigned as chairman of West Bengal Human Rights Commission 'to obviate any further controversy' while holding that the grounds on which Centre made a recommendation against him to the President were "untenable" and "misconceived.
Former Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly, accused of sexually harassing a law intern, on Tuesday hit out at the media for repeatedly asking whether he would resign as the chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.
Notwithstanding the growing clamour for his resignation as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission, former Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly on Tuesday ruled it out.
Beleaguered West Bengal Human Rights Commission chairman Justice (retd) Ashok Kumar Ganguly on Friday resigned from the post of honorary professor of the National University of Juridical Sciences, a student of which had made allegations of sexual harassment against him.
The West Bengal Human Rights Commission has directed the home, health and police departments to inquire into the alleged 'inhuman torture' on Asiad gold medalist Pinki Pramanik in police and jail custody and submit a report within two weeks.
After spending five years in Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Jail and facing trial for his alleged involvement in former state home minister Haren Pandya's murder, Hyderabad cleric Moulana Mohammed Naseeruddin has been granted bail by the Supreme Court.A division bench comprising Justice M Katju and Justice Ashok Kumar Ganguli granted bail to the Moulana after a seven month long proceeding in the apex court.
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Former Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly maintains his defiant stand on the sexual harassment allegations leveled against him by a law intern in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN.
As pressure mounted on him to quit as the chief of West Bengal Human Rights Commission over a sexual assault allegation, former Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly on Tuesday said he was "undecided" on his future course of action.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday virtually questioned the tenability of Chief Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas supervising the Central Bureau of Investigation's probe into the 2G spectrum scandal as he himself was Telecom Seceratary at the relevant point of time.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to restrain Vedanta Resources' subsidiary Sesa Goa from launching an open offer to buy 20 per cent stake in Cairn India.
While about 8,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features 506 A-listers, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, diplomats, judges and high priests.
The bench will be headed by Justice N V Ramana and also comprise Justices S K Kaul, R Subhash Reddy, B R Gavai and Surya Kant.
The Supreme Court on Friday restrained senior Indian Police Service officer Archana Ramasundaram from discharging her duty as the additional director in the Central Bureau of Investigation, saying that her appointment "prima facie" seems to be illegal and against the statute.
'The BJP's modus operandi is not just to be intolerant of dissent, it is to create mistrust and doubt between communities and the electoral process itself.'
Officials said there was no discussion on constituting a delimitation commission.
Data from Tamil Naduindicates that NEET favours likely CBSE students. CBSE students took every third seat available in government medical colleges in the state.
