New Delhi: The Supreme Court cannot follow an “escapist route” on the sexual harassment complaint against Justice A K Ganguly, BJP leader Arun Jaitley today said, demanding that the apex court monitor a probe in the case as it had done in other matters like 2G scam.
The Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha argued on his Facebook page that the Supreme Court's reasoning that it cannot deal with the charges against Justice Ganguly due to its “administrative” limitations as he is a retired judge of the apex court “fails the test of conscience”. “If it (SC) has found a former Judge of the Supreme Court prima facie committed an offence, it cannot follow an escapist route and hold that on the administrative side it has no jurisdiction.
“The Supreme Court is fully empowered on the Judicial side to ensure that the law takes its own course. It cannot escape from its judicial responsibility,” Jaitley said.
“The administrative decision of the Supreme Court is being closely watched by all citizens. Is the Court dealing with a former Judge, who currently holds the office as the Chairman, Human Rights Commission, West Bengal in the same way as it would have dealt with any other person who is or has been the holder of an exalted office?” he said.
