: I shouldn’t have been on the bench hearing sexual harassment case against me: Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi #IndiaNEWS Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said on Wednesday that he should not have been

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I shouldn’t have been on the bench hearing sexual harassment case against me: Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi #IndiaNEWS
Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said on Wednesday that he should not have been a part of the Supreme Court bench that heard the sexual harassment allegations against him, India Today reported. Gogoi was speaking to India Today’s News Director Rahul Kanwal at the launch of his memoir Justice for the Judge. The former chief justice had been accused of sexual harassment by a Supreme Court staffer in 2019. Gogoi himself headed the bench that heard the case suo moto.The former chief justice said on Wednesday that in hindsight, he should not have been on the bench. “But what do you do if your hard-earned reputation of over 45 years is sought to be destroyed overnight? Gogoi asked. “Are you expected to act with rationality? Is the CJI not human?� The former chief justice added that in its order, the bench had only said it expected the media to be vigilant, India Today reported. “And what is the media talking about? That justice Gogoi sat on the bench and gave himself a clean chit. We all make mistakes.� The Supreme Court had closed the sexual harassment case against Gogoi in February on grounds that it was unlikely that electronic evidence would be recovered in the case. Meanwhile, during the book launch,...Read more

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