<p>Parliamentary Affairs Minister P K Bansal had earlier said that the issue would be taken up on September 4 and 5 but later clarified that it was a slip of tongue and the issue would come up before the Lower House on September five and six.<br /><br />The impeachment motion was supposed to have been taken up tomorrow, but was postponed apparently due to the developments on the Anna Hazare front.<br /><br />This is the second time that an impeachment motion would be taken up in the Lok Sabha, the earlier one being against Justice V Ramaswami of the Supreme Court in May 1993 which fell due to lack of numbers after Congress members abstained.<br /><br />If Lok Sabha also gives its approval to the impeachment motion, Justice Sen of Calcutta High Court would be the first judge in independent India to be removed from office.<br /><br />In Rajya Sabha, most of the parties in the government as well as those in the opposition had supported the motion, which was voted through by well over two-third majority required for it to be carried.<br /><br />After a seven-hour impeachment process marked by a brainstorming debate, 189 members of the 206 present in the 245-member Upper House had voted in favour.<br />The only parties which opposed the move were the BSP and Trinamool Congress. In the Lok Sabha, BSP has 21 members and Trinamool 19.<br /><br />The impeachment, first time in the Rajya Sabha and second in Parliament's history, saw the majority of members holding Sen guilty of misappropriating Rs 33.23 lakh in a 1983 case.</p>
<p>Parliamentary Affairs Minister P K Bansal had earlier said that the issue would be taken up on September 4 and 5 but later clarified that it was a slip of tongue and the issue would come up before the Lower House on September five and six.<br /><br />The impeachment motion was supposed to have been taken up tomorrow, but was postponed apparently due to the developments on the Anna Hazare front.<br /><br />This is the second time that an impeachment motion would be taken up in the Lok Sabha, the earlier one being against Justice V Ramaswami of the Supreme Court in May 1993 which fell due to lack of numbers after Congress members abstained.<br /><br />If Lok Sabha also gives its approval to the impeachment motion, Justice Sen of Calcutta High Court would be the first judge in independent India to be removed from office.<br /><br />In Rajya Sabha, most of the parties in the government as well as those in the opposition had supported the motion, which was voted through by well over two-third majority required for it to be carried.<br /><br />After a seven-hour impeachment process marked by a brainstorming debate, 189 members of the 206 present in the 245-member Upper House had voted in favour.<br />The only parties which opposed the move were the BSP and Trinamool Congress. In the Lok Sabha, BSP has 21 members and Trinamool 19.<br /><br />The impeachment, first time in the Rajya Sabha and second in Parliament's history, saw the majority of members holding Sen guilty of misappropriating Rs 33.23 lakh in a 1983 case.</p>