Women Lawyers Question Chief Justice Gogoi’s Handling of Sexual Harassment Charge

On Saturday nighttime, the Women in Criminal Law Association, a currently hooked up collaborative organization for women in crook litigation, issued a statement on Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi’s handling of a sexual harassment rate leveled towards him by using a former junior court docket assistant. The declaration increases some of the questions about the convening of a special bench on Saturday morning and the manner in which it conducted its deliberations and surpassed an order.
The statement is published in full beneath.
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A grievance of sexual harassment towards the sitting Chief Justice of India changed into sent (in conjunction with a sworn statement and other helping proof) to the other sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India asking for the constitution of an inquiry committee of senior retired judges to research and adjudicate those serious allegations.
The felony institutional response to any such criticism as mandated under the “In-House Procedure” relevant to Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Court, along with the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act) Act, (“POSH Act”) examine with the Supreme Court Sexual Harassment Regulations, 2013, is for the unique inquiry committee to take consciousness of the complaint, represent an inquiry committee and supply word to the respondent as to the initiation of such court cases.
Today, in an exceptional flow past the scope of any known technique or principle of regulation – whether under the “in house manner” or in the POSH Act or the Supreme Court Sexual Harassment Regulations – a be aware was issued at the Supreme Court internet site that a ‘unique bench’ turned into being constituted to preserve court docket at 10:30 am at the mentioning through the solicitor trendy, while the court has been on vacation considering that Wednesday and is scheduled to reopen handiest on Monday.