A question raised over decision given by SC’s In-House committee in a case against CJI Ranjan Gogoi

Delhi, May 7: Women lawyers and activists today held a protest outside the Supreme Court against the procedure adopted to deal with sexual harassment case against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. Section 144 has been imposed outside SC following the protest. Police were deployed in this area.

Women gathered in the premises of Supreme Court to protest against the decision given by Justice S A Bobde in house committee has found ‘no substance’ in the sexual harassment allegations levelled by former staff of Supreme Court. These groups of women were demanding the resignation of Justice Gogoi.

“The In-House Committee has found no substance in the allegations contained in the complaint dated 19.04.2019 of a former employee of the Supreme Court of India," said the notice, issued by the secretary general of the Supreme Court.

Activist Annie Raja said, “Women have waged a struggle for very long and will continue to do so for their rights. The SC committee has violated all existing norms. We want a transparent enquiry.”

“We want to protect the justice system. If the SC itself is violating norms, then there will be no value in the system left,” she added before being whisked away by the police.

In response to the development, the complainant said that ‘she’ was “highly disappointed and dejected”. A statement issued by ‘her’ reads. The complainant had earlier withdrawn from the proceedings expressing her anguish at the procedure being followed in the hearings, citing several reasons for doing so.