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Ganguly quits as WB rights panel chief

Kolkata, January 6
Justice AK Ganguly today resigned as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) following allegations of sexual harassment by a law intern, sources said.

The former Supreme Court judge submitted his resignation to West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan when he met him for 45 minutes at Raj Bhavan, the sources said.

Justice Ganguly when asked by the PTI if he had resigned, replied: “I won't comment.” Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee said in Delhi: “It is a good thing that he has resigned a day after talking to me.” Justice Ganguly had called him up on Sunday and said he was contemplating resigning as WBHRC chairman.

Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising said it was “overdue”. “I think the resignation will maintain the dignity of the human rights commission and also of the SC as one cannot forget the fact that Justice Ganguly was a judge of the Supreme Court. The resignation was long overdue,” she said. PTI

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