Judges’ Panel Gives Clean Chit To SC Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi in Sexual Harrassment Case

By
Navraj Bhatia

New Delhi: Finding ‘no substance’ in the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against the Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi by a former woman employee of the Supreme Court, teh CJ Monday got a clean chit from the apex court’s In-House Inquiry Committee, reports PTI.

A notice by the office of Supreme Court Secretary General said the report of the Committee, headed by Justice S A Bobde, “is not liable to be made public”.

The committee, also comprising two woman judges of the apex court — Justices Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee — gave the report ex-parte as the woman had opted out of the inquiry on April 30 after participating for three days.

She issued a press statement in which she described as “very frightening” the atmosphere of the Committee and walked out raising various objections including denial of her lawyer’s presence.

Justice Gogoi appeared on May 1 before the Committee and recorded his statements.

The notice said: “The In-House Committee has found no substance in the allegations contained in the complaint dated April 19, 2019 of a former employee of the Supreme Court of India. Please take note that in case of Indira Jaising vs Supreme Court of India and others, it has been held that the report of a committee constituted as a part of the In-House Procedure is not liable to be made public.”

It further said: “The In House Committee has submitted its report dated May 5, 2019 in accordance with the In House Procedure, to the next senior judge competent to receive the report and also sent a copy to the judge concerned, namely, the CJI.”

Navraj Bhatia

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