{"id":35266,"date":"2014-09-19T16:49:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T11:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=35266"},"modified":"2014-09-19T16:49:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T11:19:56","slug":"hc-rejects-ex-raw-officers-plea-cji-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-rejects-ex-raw-officers-plea-cji-appointment","title":{"rendered":"HC rejects ex-RAW officer&#8217;s plea against CJI appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court Friday refused to interfere with the appointment of Justice H.L. Dattu as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), on a plea filed by an advocate and former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) woman officer who alleged sexual harassment by him.<\/p>\n<p>A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Pradeep Nandrajog dismissed the plea of Nisha Priya Bhatia, who sought the recommendation of the government to<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/raw.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35267\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-rejects-ex-raw-officers-plea-cji-appointment\/raw\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/raw.jpg?fit=174%2C161&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"174,161\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"raw\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/raw.jpg?fit=150%2C138&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/raw.jpg?fit=174%2C161&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35267\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/raw.jpg?resize=174%2C161&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"raw\" width=\"174\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/raw.jpg?w=174&amp;ssl=1 174w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/raw.jpg?resize=150%2C138&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><\/a>the President to appoint Justice Dattu as the next CJI be quashed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once the presidential approval is there, we can&#8217;t do anything. It&#8217;s not a matter of interference,&#8221; said the bench.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain, appearing for the central government, opposed Bhatia&#8217;s plea to quash the recommendation, saying the President has approved the appointment of Justice Dattu as the next CJI on Sep 5.<\/p>\n<p>The ASG also argued that the petition is frivolous and should not be entertained.<\/p>\n<p>Alleging sexual harassment, the 51-year-old Bhatia in her plea has said: &#8220;Quash recommendations reported to have been made by government &#8211; as council of ministers &#8211; to the President to appoint Justice H.L. 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