A day after a three-member in-house committee of Supreme Court judges led by justice SA Bobde cleared Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment charges, the complainant, a former employee of the apex court, wrote to the panel on Tuesday seeking a copy of its report. In her letter addressed to the three judges — justices Bobde, Indira Banerjee and Indu Malhotra — the complainant asserted her right to get a copy of the committee’s report. The matter has been challenged in the Supreme Court and has been pending for the last nine years. The Supreme Court committee has relied on a 2003 verdict of the court in the Indira Jaising versus Supreme Court of India case, wherein it had been held that a panel’s findings cannot be shared. “We went to the SC to protest against the Bobde (in-house) committee report...

Source: Hindustan Times May 07, 2019 11:53 UTC