Women lawyers protest clean chit to CJI

May 07, 2019 12:58

In Delhi, women lawyers and activists today held a protest outside the Supreme Court against the procedure adopted to deal with the sexual harassment case against CJI Ranjan Gogoi.

Section 144 has been imposed outside the SC following the protest.

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Monday got a clean chit from the Supreme Court's In-House Inquiry Committee which 'has found no substance' in the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by a former woman employee of the apex court.

The 3-member Committee, which completed its task in 14 days, proceeded ex parte as the woman had opted out of the inquiry on April 30 after participating for three days.Immediately after the office of apex court's Secretary General came out with the findings of the committee, the woman issued a press statement saying that she was 'highly disappointed and dejected'.

She said 'gross injustice' has been done to her as a woman citizen of India and 'worst fears' have come true, and all hope of justice and redress from the highest court of the land have been shattered. She said that she will consult her lawyer and decide on the next steps.

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