Disgraced Justice A.K. Ganguly’s resignation as Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission is too little too late. His sordid saga has sadly irreparably stained and blemished the entire Indian Judiciary. That such a person rose to be a Judge of the country’s highest temple of Justice leaves many questions unanswered. It only demonstrates how flawed the selection process of judges is. With no checks and balances to filter and weed out such undesirable elements.
This alleged gross sexual misconduct by A.K.Ganguly cannot be shelved and put to rest by his mere resignation. The wheels of justice should move speedily a la Tarun Tejpal.Infact he should be dealt more sternly and unsparingly because he was a Judge of the Supreme Court when he did something nobody should ever venture at. And that law intern may not have been his only victim. By now crying sour grapes in claiming that the Supreme Court panel had acted without jurisdiction in hearing the complaint against him, Justice Ganguly has only stooped to a further low, the pot calling the kettle black. Why did he ungrudgingly appear and depose before that panel. Perhaps, he expected his former Supreme Court judge colleagues to pat him on his back and commend him for having disgraced the entire judiciary and that too by sexual misconduct. This whole stinking Ganguly episode is a matter of grave distress and has definitely further shaken the dwindling faith that the common man may have had in the Judiciary. There needs to be a concerted effort by the Chief Justice of India to speedily bowl out any other Ganguly that may be around him or in the High Courts and other Courts across the country. The Judicial pitch has to be sparkling and crystal clear. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
