According to the guidelines, if the alleged perpetrator is the head of the organisation, the inquiry panel must have an external member to avoid apprehensions of bias or pressure. She also said she lacked confidence in the panel’s ability to render justice since her allegation was against no less a person than the Chief Justice of India. According to the sources, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, a future Chief Justice who is due to take over in 2022, had written a strongly worded letterto the panel on Thursday for the inclusion of a former woman judge as an external member. Justice Gogoi himself had said that the allegation against him has come at a time he was to take up several sensitive cases.

Source: The Telegraph May 05, 2019 20:48 UTC