Summary:
Photo: ANINew Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking to bar the media from publishing allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. While dismissing the petition, a Bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Anup Jairam Bambani said the petitioner can approach the Supreme Court instead. Petition BR Harish Babu sought restriction on the media from further telecast or publishing the allegations till the conclusion of the enquiry. A three-member in-house committee led by Justice S A Bobde, the senior-most judge after the Chief Justice, and including Justice NV Ramana and Justice Indira Banerjee was formed to look into the allegation against the CJI. CJI Gogoi has been accused of sexual assault by a former female employee who worked as a junior assistant at the Supreme Court between May 2014 and December 2018..