BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA TERMS SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST CJI RANJAN GOGOI AS “FALSE AND COOKED-UP”.
April 21,2019:
On Saturday, Bar
Council of India condemned “false and cooked-up” sexual harassment allegations
against CJI Ranjan Gogoi.
BCI stated that entire bar was standing with the CJI, and
against this “attempt to malign the institution”.
BCI
Chairperson, Manan Kumar Mishra stated that,”These are all false and cooked-up
allegations and we condemn these kinds of acts. These kind of allegations and
actions should not be encouraged. This is an attempt to malign the institution.
Entire bar is standing in solidarity with the Chief Justice of India”.
He
added that an emergency meeting of the top bar body would be convened on Sunday
and a resolution be passed in this regard.
BCI
Chairperson stated that,”We will pass the resolution and then try to meet the
CJI to make him aware of the (BCI’s) decision”.
Former
SCBA President and Senior Advocate Vikas Singh added that proper course would
be to have an in-house inquiry by some senior Supreme Court judges to
authoritatively find out the truth “this way or that way” in a time-bound
manner.
“If it is a false allegation then this definitely is a threat to
independence of judiciary, but if it is true then it is also very serious,” he
stated.
National
Green Tribunal (NGT) Bar Association condemned the allegations on the CJI and
said it was an attempt to target top Indian judiciary and the entire bar stood
in support of the CJI.
MANISHANKAR
CEO-ANTI-CORRUPTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT®-CHENNAI
Email: anticorruption.org2007@gmail.com.
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