1) Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court has challenged the move to initiate impeachment proceedings against him in the Rajya Sabha.
2) Sen was allegedly found by the Chief Justice of India to have engaged in financial misconduct prior to his appointment as a High Court judge.
3) Sen's lawyer has argued in a letter that the proceedings violate the constitution as they are based on actions before Sen became a judge and there are no official complaints against his conduct as a judge.