The guidelines were framed in 1997 by the Supreme Court to be followed in cases of sexual harassment.. The members of the Supreme Court panel were not immediately available for comments. The former Supreme Court staffer said the atmosphere of the committee’s proceedings were intimidating. A three-member panel headed by justice Bobde, with justice NV Ramana and justice Banerjee as members, was constituted by the Supreme Court on April 23 after a full court resolution to the effect was passed. This sends a bad message, all procedure for conducting fair inquiry have been thrown to the wind.

Source: Hindustan Times April 30, 2019 14:04 UTC