{"id":34722,"date":"2014-08-15T16:36:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T11:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=34722"},"modified":"2014-08-15T16:36:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T11:06:01","slug":"sexual-harassment-woman-judge-objects-inquiry-panel-composition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sexual-harassment-woman-judge-objects-inquiry-panel-composition","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Harassment: Woman Judge Objects to Inquiry Panel Composition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Sexual-Harassment.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34727\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sexual-harassment-woman-judge-objects-inquiry-panel-composition\/sexual-harassment-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Sexual-Harassment.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"296,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sexual Harassment\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Sexual-Harassment.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34727\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Sexual-Harassment.jpg?resize=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sexual Harassment\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Sexual-Harassment.jpg?w=296&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Sexual-Harassment.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 14px\/1.3em helvetica; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">A woman additional district and sessions judge in Gwalior who resigned alleging sexual harassment by a Madhya Pradesh High Court judge has objected to the composition of the inquiry committee that will hold a preliminary inquiry into the allegation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 14px\/1.3em helvetica; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Objecting the presence of Justice Ajit Singh as the head of the two-member inquiry committee, the former woman judge said Justice Singh was one of the two judges who took the decision to transfer her to Sidhi, to which she had objected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 14px\/1.3em helvetica; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">&#8220;While I am willing to make myself available for a preliminary inquiry, I have strong objections to the constitution of the committee. Justice Ajit Singh, who is heading the committee, was one of the judges who took the decision to transfer me to Sidhi, to which I am objecting,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 14px\/1.3em helvetica; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">The woman judge said this in a letter to the inquiry committee secretary. Copies of the letter were sent to Chief Justice of India Justice R.M. Lodha and the chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 14px\/1.3em helvetica; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">&#8220;It is my contention that the transfer was a measure of punishment for my resisting sexual advances made to me by the high court judge in question. Hence, it is an act of victimisation which led to my resignation under duress. 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