{"id":56215,"date":"2019-05-28T17:02:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T11:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56215"},"modified":"2019-05-28T17:02:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T11:32:06","slug":"sexual-harassment-case-two-former-judges-question-handling-of-allegations-against-chief-justice-gogoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sexual-harassment-case-two-former-judges-question-handling-of-allegations-against-chief-justice-gogoi","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Harassment Case: Two Former Judges Question Handling Of Allegations Against Chief Justice Gogoi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two judges who participated in the historic press conference by four sitting Supreme Court judges in January last year have questioned the Supreme Court\u2019s handling of the sexual harassment allegations levelled against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. Writing for The Indian Express, Justice Madan Lokur\u2014who along with Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Kurian Joseph had raised concerns over the conduct of former Chief Justice Dipak Misra\u2014said the top court\u2019s handling of the allegations reflected clear bias against the staffer who had made them. This, according to Justice Lokur, made him believe that she wasn\u2019t fairly treated. He also questioned the need for the chief justice to attend the open court hearing that dealt with the allegations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/download-2019-05-28T170116.083.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"163\" data-attachment-id=\"56216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sexual-harassment-case-two-former-judges-question-handling-of-allegations-against-chief-justice-gogoi\/download-2019-05-28t170116-083\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/download-2019-05-28T170116.083.jpg?fit=310%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"310,163\" 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=\"download &amp;#8211; 2019-05-28T170116.083\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/download-2019-05-28T170116.083.jpg?fit=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/download-2019-05-28T170116.083.jpg?fit=310%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56216\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/download-2019-05-28T170116.083.jpg?resize=310%2C163&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/download-2019-05-28T170116.083.jpg?w=310&amp;ssl=1 310w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/download-2019-05-28T170116.083.jpg?resize=150%2C79&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/download-2019-05-28T170116.083.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a>A former Supreme Court staffer had, in a letter addressed to all current judges of the apex court, alleged that Justice Gogoi made unwanted sexual advances to her twice in October 2018, following which her family was victimised. In a sudden hearing on April 20, 2019, a Supreme Court bench took up the matter for hearing. Justice Gogoi, who was also part of the bench, said in the court there was an attempt to attack the independence of the judiciary. An internal committee set up under Justice SA Bobde absolved the chief justice of any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe matter was reopened the same day (Saturday) at 10:30 am in Court No 1 of the Supreme Court on a mention having been made by the Solicitor General of India,\u201d Justice Lokur wrote on the hearing. \u201cIt isn\u2019t clear before whom he mentioned the matter, when and why was the mention entertained and what procedure was followed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justice Lokur explained how the hearing was unprecedented. \u201cThe record of proceedings didn\u2019t indicate the presence of the CJI on the Bench,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIn other words, either the news reporters were seeing and hearing the equivalent of Banquo\u2019s ghost (a reference to the character in Shakespeare\u2019s Macbeth) in Court No. 1 or the record of proceedings was incorrect\u2014tampering with the record may be to strong a word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The judge also highlighted how the internal committee meant to probe into the allegations was constituted by the chief justice himself and that it didn\u2019t look into allegations that the complainant\u2019s family was further victimised after the incidents. \u201cThe mandate given to the internal committee was limited to the allegation of unwanted physical contact, itself difficult to prove. The mandate did not include the allegation of victimisation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two judges who participated in the historic press conference by four sitting Supreme Court judges in January last year have questioned the Supreme Court\u2019s handling of the sexual harassment allegations levelled against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. 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