<p>The resignation of Justice A K Ganguly as chairman of West Bengal Human Rights Commission in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct with a law intern has been accepted.<br /><br /></p>.<p>West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan, whom the former Supreme Court judge met and handed over his resignation yesterday, has accepted it, highly-placed sources said today.<br /><br />"The Governor has accepted the resignation and has informed the state government about it," the sources told PTI.<br /><br />After his meeting with the Governor at Raj Bhavan yesterday, 66-year-old Ganguly had refused to make any comments.<br /><br />However, highly placed sources had said Ganguly handed over his resignation, four days after the Union Cabinet met and decided to make a Presidential reference to the Supreme Court for his removal from the post as mandated under the Human Rights Commission Act.<br /><br />Ever since the scandal broke in November, the former apex court judge had refused to step down even after a three-judge committee of the Supreme Court had indicted him.<br /><br />The panel had held that the statement of the intern, both written and oral, had prima facie disclosed "an act of unwelcome behaviour (unwelcome verbal/non-verbal conduct of sexual nature)" by the judge with her in the Le Meridien hotel room in Delhi on December 24, 2012.<br /><br />West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had written twice to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking urgent action against the retired judge.<br /><br />The Union Cabinet among other things had taken into account the Chief Minister's communication to the President.<br /><br />Justice Ganguly has denied the allegations of the law intern and blamed "powerful interests" of trying to tarnish his image due to certain judgements delivered by him.<br />Ganguly did not attend office today.<br /><br />Ganguly called up his office in the morning and told the staff that he would not be coming today, according to WBHRC sources.</p>
<p>The resignation of Justice A K Ganguly as chairman of West Bengal Human Rights Commission in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct with a law intern has been accepted.<br /><br /></p>.<p>West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan, whom the former Supreme Court judge met and handed over his resignation yesterday, has accepted it, highly-placed sources said today.<br /><br />"The Governor has accepted the resignation and has informed the state government about it," the sources told PTI.<br /><br />After his meeting with the Governor at Raj Bhavan yesterday, 66-year-old Ganguly had refused to make any comments.<br /><br />However, highly placed sources had said Ganguly handed over his resignation, four days after the Union Cabinet met and decided to make a Presidential reference to the Supreme Court for his removal from the post as mandated under the Human Rights Commission Act.<br /><br />Ever since the scandal broke in November, the former apex court judge had refused to step down even after a three-judge committee of the Supreme Court had indicted him.<br /><br />The panel had held that the statement of the intern, both written and oral, had prima facie disclosed "an act of unwelcome behaviour (unwelcome verbal/non-verbal conduct of sexual nature)" by the judge with her in the Le Meridien hotel room in Delhi on December 24, 2012.<br /><br />West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had written twice to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking urgent action against the retired judge.<br /><br />The Union Cabinet among other things had taken into account the Chief Minister's communication to the President.<br /><br />Justice Ganguly has denied the allegations of the law intern and blamed "powerful interests" of trying to tarnish his image due to certain judgements delivered by him.<br />Ganguly did not attend office today.<br /><br />Ganguly called up his office in the morning and told the staff that he would not be coming today, according to WBHRC sources.</p>