listed, dropped it after a Sense of the House was taken when Law Minister Salman Khurshid conveyed to the House, the information about Justice Sen’s resignation on 1st September. Speaker Meira Kumar then sought the sense of the House to drop the proceedings against Sen.
The Members responded in agreement after which she declared that the House agrees. This morning, the government decided against going ahead with the impeachment business at a meeting, Finance Minister and Leader of the Lok Sabha, Pranab Mukherjee had with Khurshid and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.
Earlier, the Speaker also held consultations with the government and political parties on the issue.
Justice Sen is the first Judge who has been impeached by the Rajya Sabha.
The House was to impeach Sen for misconduct and misappropriation of funds in the capacity of a Court Receiver, over which he was impeached by an overwhelming majority in the Rajya Sabha on August 18th.
The proceedings of the impeachment motion were set in process when over 50 Rajya Sabha MPs moved such a motion.
The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Mohd. Hamid Ansari had set up a special committee constituted to look into the allegations levelled against Justice Sen. The Committee found the charges of financial irregularities against him to be correct.