Crisis of Judicial Credibility
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On 19th April 2019, a former junior Court Officer in Supreme Court alleged that she was sexually harassed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI), Ranjan Gogoi. Supreme Court formed an in-house panel to conduct an investigation into the sexual harassment allegations which comprised of Justices SA Bobde, N V Ramana (later replaced by Indu Malhotra) and Indira Banerjee. The panel “found no substance” in the charges and gave clean chit to CJI.
Doubts against the Judgement
The hasty nature of enquiry created a disturbing scenario and gave birth to distrust and skepticism over the ....
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