A three-judge panel of the Supreme Court has found "no substance" in the allegation of sexual misconduct against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. However, a copy of the report was given to the CJI, being the judge concerned against whom the allegation was made. The panel, headed by Justice SA Bobde (senior-most judge after CJI), had two women judges – Justices Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee – that prepared its report on May 5 and submitted the same to Justice Arun Mishra (third senior-most judge after CJI) on Monday. He initially formed the panel with Justice NV Ramana (the second senior-most judge) and Justice Indira Banerjee. It was probably this reason that the panel report was not submitted to him but to Justice Mishra instead.

Source: dna May 06, 2019 23:26 UTC