In cases of sexual harassment, CJI Ranjan Gogoi gets clean, SC panel dismisses charges

A panel of three Supreme Court judges investigating allegations of sexual harassment against India’s Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi gave a clean chit to CJI Gogoi in the matter.

The in-house committee, headed by Justice SA Bobde, said the allegations of a former Supreme Court employee who accused CJI Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment did not find any substance.

A statement by the Secretary-General of the Supreme Court stated that the report was submitted to the “next senior judge competent to receive the report” as well as to the Indian Chief Justice.

The statement said the in-house committee has found substance in the allegations made by the former Supreme Court employee. The statement also said the report filed by the panel would not be made public.

Incidently, the woman who made the allegations opted out of the Supreme Court probe into the allegations against the chief justice. The woman said the atmosphere of the inquiry was very frightening.

The probe into the charges against Ranjan Gogoi was being held by a three-judge panel of Justices SA Bobde, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee.