New Delhi: Attorney General G E Vahanvati is today learnt to have endorsed a government proposal for a presidential reference for removal of Justice (Retd) A K Ganguly as head of West Bengal Human Rights Commission in the wake of his indictment by a Supreme Court panel for “unwelcome behaviour” towards a woman law intern.
The Law Ministry and the Home Ministry are already in agreement that prima facie a case can be made out against the former Supreme Court judge, sources said here.
The matter was referred to Attorney General Vahanvati for his view on the government's stand as part of the laid down procedure.
In his opinion, to be forwarded to the Home Ministry soon, the AG is learnt to have said that there was sufficient evidence against the former SC judge and it was a fit case for a Presidential reference.
