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CJI Ranjan Gogoi gets clean chit in sexual harassment case by Supreme Court's in-house panel

CJI Ranjan Gogoi gets clean chit in sexual harassment case by Supreme Court's in-house panel

Jan, 2019

The in-house committee led by Justice S A Bobde on Monday gave a clean chit to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in a sexual harassment case.

The committee, also comprises Justices Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee, said it found no substance in the sexual harassment allegations against CJI Ranjan Gogoi.

The Chief Justice appeared before the panel on May 1.

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The committee has found "no substance" in the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against CJI by a former woman employee of the apex court.

A notice by the office of Supreme Court Secretary-General also said that the report of the committee constituted as part of the In-House procedure is not liable to be made public.

The In-House Inquiry committee has submitted its report dated May 5, 2019 in accordance with the In-House procedure, to the next senior judge, after Justice Bobde who is competent to receive the report and also sent a copy to the judge concerned, namely the Chief Justice of India, it said.

(With inputs from PTI)