The power to remove Governors, the Supreme Court Constitution Bench held in 2010, 'cannot be exercised in an arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable manner. The power will have to be exercised in rare and exceptional circumstances'
'...The said intern was not an intern on the roll of the Supreme Court and ...the concerned Judge had already demitted office on account of superannuation on the date of the incident'
The Supreme Court reduced the RI for 6 years to RI for 5 years
'We are of the opinion that in the instant case we have reached a stage where the process of monitoring of the case must come to an end. It would neither be desirable nor advisable to retain further seisin over this case'
The power to remove Governors 'cannot be exercised in an arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable manner. The power will have to be exercised in rare and exceptional circumstances'
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