A three-judge, in-house Supreme Court panel has cleared Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of the sexual harassment charges levelled by a sacked apex court employee, saying it has found “no substance” in her allegations. The panel has sent a copy of its report to a senior judge, Justice Arun Mishra, and another to Justice Gogoi himself. Such a full-court meeting had been suggested in a letter by an apex court judge, Justice D.Y. In terms of the Visakha guidelines of 1997 and a 2013 law against sexual harassment at the workplace, no lawyer can attend in-house panel hearings. A panel headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, Justice A.K.

Source: The Telegraph May 07, 2019 01:30 UTC