The Supreme Court in-house committee comprising of Justices SA Bobde, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee constituted to inquire into sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi by a former woman staffer has “found no substance” in her allegations.  The Committee had submitted its report on May 5 in accordance with the in-house procedure to the next senior-most judge after Justice Bobde and also sent a copy to CJI Gogoi.

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Last week, the complainant chose to withdraw from the probe but the inquiry panel had decided to proceed with the case “ex parte” or carry on in her absence. CJI Gogoi had appeared before the probe panel last Wednesday.

The complainant said that she was “compelled to walk out” because the judges who were part of the panel did not seem to appreciate the fact that “this was not an ordinary complaint but was a complaint of sexual harassment against a sitting CJI” and refused to allow a lawyer or support person to accompany her during her deposition.

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