SC gives clean chit to CJI Ranjan Gogoi, will the SC take any steps against the accuser?

Guwahati May 6, 2019

In a major development, the Supreme Court has given clean chit to Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, in the sexual harassment case.

A three-judge in-house inquiry panel of the Supreme Court on Monday, headed by Justice SA Bobde, dismissed the complaint of sexual harassment against CJI Gogoi.

The panel stated in the report that it did not find any substance in the claims of the dismissed Supreme Court employee who had leveled allegations of sexual harassment against the Chief Justice.

It remains to be seen what steps will be taken against the SC employee who made the allegations against CJI Ranjan Gogoi. The complainant used to work as a junior court assistant at the top court. On April 19, she wrote to 22 Supreme Court judges, alleging that Gogoi had made sexual advances on her at his residence office on October 10 and 11.

Gogoi denied the allegations during a special hearing on April 20. The chief justice said he did not “deem it appropriate” to reply to the allegations and that they were part of a “bigger plot”, possibly one to “deactivate the office of the CJI”.

More to follow.