<p>Asserting that the proceedings have now become infructous and "functuous officio" irrelevant, Dinakaran also charged the committee with having a "pre-disposed" bias against him.<br /><br />In a letter addressed to the Registrar of the Committee on Wednesday, Justice Dinakaran maintained that any further proceedings against him by the panel would be "illegal," "improper," and "contrary to law."<br /><br />Lok Sabha dropped the impeachment proceedings against Sen after he resigned just days after Rajya Sabha impeached him.<br /><br />Dinakaran's letter came in the wake of the notice issued to him on August 19 by the three-member panel to ascertain his views as to what would be the effect of his resignation on the impeachment proceedings.<br /><br />The panel headed by Supreme Court judge Justice Aftab Alam had issued notice to Dinakaran after the Chennai-based advocate R Vaigai of Forum of Judicial Accountability in an application sought continuation of the proceedings against the former Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.<br /><br />The committee which was scheduled to meet today at Justice Alam's residence however, cancelled its sitting for an unspecified reason. Attorney General G E Vahanvati was scheduled to assist the panel in today's meeting<br /><br />However, informed sources said that the meeting was not held as one of the committee members and Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court Justice J S Khehar was in the process of being elevated to the Supreme Court and his warrant of appointment from the President was expected shortly.</p>
<p>Asserting that the proceedings have now become infructous and "functuous officio" irrelevant, Dinakaran also charged the committee with having a "pre-disposed" bias against him.<br /><br />In a letter addressed to the Registrar of the Committee on Wednesday, Justice Dinakaran maintained that any further proceedings against him by the panel would be "illegal," "improper," and "contrary to law."<br /><br />Lok Sabha dropped the impeachment proceedings against Sen after he resigned just days after Rajya Sabha impeached him.<br /><br />Dinakaran's letter came in the wake of the notice issued to him on August 19 by the three-member panel to ascertain his views as to what would be the effect of his resignation on the impeachment proceedings.<br /><br />The panel headed by Supreme Court judge Justice Aftab Alam had issued notice to Dinakaran after the Chennai-based advocate R Vaigai of Forum of Judicial Accountability in an application sought continuation of the proceedings against the former Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.<br /><br />The committee which was scheduled to meet today at Justice Alam's residence however, cancelled its sitting for an unspecified reason. Attorney General G E Vahanvati was scheduled to assist the panel in today's meeting<br /><br />However, informed sources said that the meeting was not held as one of the committee members and Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court Justice J S Khehar was in the process of being elevated to the Supreme Court and his warrant of appointment from the President was expected shortly.</p>