Holding a Bengali newspaper from Kolkata of failing to maintain high standards in reporting a matter about a 34-year- old woman IAS officer, he said, instead of referring the case to the inquiry committee of the council he was making a public statement on the issue.
Justice Katju referred to the case of the newspaper carrying an item last month against the official Sripriya Rengarajan, who was detected some time ago having lung cancer of an advanced stage and granted leave to go to Chennai for treatment.
The paper reported that she was removed by Chief Minister from the post of District Magistrate, Hooghly, on a complaint against her character. The news item carried various other allegations, Justice Katju said without naming the paper.
He said that a delegation of IAS officers of West Bengal cadre met him today with a grievance regarding the publication of the news item.
Justice Katju said he was informed by the delegation that the allegations against Rengarajan were totally false and baseless and had done great damage to her reputation. (More)
