Indictment of Retired Judge of SC

[Brahmanyan]

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I am very much disturbed by the news that the panel of Judges appointed by the CJI of Supreme court to enquire into the complaint of an incident involving Retired SC Judge alleged by an intern has indicted the retired judge for sexual harassment of a former law intern in December 2012. However since no details are available on the alleged incident we cannot comment further.
Full news is available in the following weblink.
Justice Ganguly's conduct was improper: SC panel - Hindustan Times
Our Constitution has kept the members of Judiciary above the scrutiny of even elected body, for the simple reason they should be allowed to do their job without fear or favour. Judiciary is the last resort of redress for the common man of this nation. Judges should be protected from frivolous accusations. Otherwise any aggrieved party may resort to file all sort of complaint against the Judges.

The CJI called for a full court meeting of 30 judges on Thursday evening to deliberate upon the committee's report. At the end of the hour-long meeting it was decided that no further follow-up action was required as the Judge involved in the alleged incident had already demitted office on the date of the incident.

A statement on the SC website said: "As decided by the Full Court in its meeting, it is made clear that the representations made against former judges of this court are not entertainable by the administration of the Supreme Court."
It is a good decision by the SC.

Brahmanyan,
Bangalore.

 

[kunjuppu]

maybe these kind of stuff was there all along. only now, the female interns are gutsy enough and feel empowered to speak out about it.

in previous times, silence was enforced on the female, through fear - fear of loss of job reputation notbeingbelieved and so on. the values have changed today. perhaps for the better.

i always believed, there is no such thing as 'good old times'. it is just that in those days, all the muck was pushed under the carpet. today it is cleaned and given the treatement it deserves.

 

[vgane]

A person of high standing such as a Supreme Court Judge should maintain his standing even after retirement..He is responsible for maintaining the decorum and have self discipline..In case he crosses that, should we leave him just because he was a former Judge

I think in this case, the Police will act on this in case..Understand Delhi police wants to speak with intern

 

[sadasivam.sridharan]

This is detestable , if true, that a judge of Supreme Court is involved in sexual case.We heard earlier that a retired Chief Justice of SC was found to be involved in irregularities in land dealings .Sad such people not only degrade the dignity of the office they hold but also make general public who look upon the Supreme Court as a temple of justice lose faith in the institution.