“The intern never complained to the SC, then why was a panel formed? I appeared before the court in good faith. The Supreme Court panel acted without jurisdiction and basis against me. I am questioning the role of my fellow judges in the Supreme Court,” he added.
On the panel's observation which had found ‘unwelcome behaviour' on his part, Ganguly shot back, “Unwelcome to whom? “I did not force her to stay with me. Neither I forced her to drink wine. Can I force if one is not willing to take it? If she did not like, she could have left before dinner also.”
The panel had held that the statement of the intern, both written and oral, had prima facie disclosed “an act of unwelcome behaviour (unwelcome verbal/non-verbal conduct of sexual nature)” by the judge with her in the Le Meridien hotel room in Delhi on December 24, 2012 Ganguly claimed he was not given a copy of the statement of the law intern given to the apex court panel on the ground it was a “secret” and said this was an “insult” to him.
The former apex court judge said he had written a detailed letter in this regard to the Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam and he had not got any reply it.
Ganguly said she wished the intern well.
“I wish her well. She was quite an efficient intern. I
wish her success in whatever she chooses in her life,” he said.
Updated on: January 08, 2014 17:54 IST
