Supreme Court sets up 3-judge committee to probe sexual harassment charge by intern
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today constituted a committee of three judges to inquire into allegations of sexual harassment by an intern against a then sitting judge, now retired.The committee consisting of Justices R M
She also claimed that at least three other girls have been harassed by the same judge.
The girl has said that initially she didn't disclose the harassment because of the high position of the judge.
The incident took place on December 24, 2012.
The girl wrote in the blog:
“In Delhi at that time, interning during the winter vacations of my final year in University, I dodged police barricades and fatigue to go to the assistance of a highly reputed, recently retired Supreme Court judge whom I was working under during my penultimate semester. For my supposed diligence, I was rewarded with sexual assault (not physically injurious, but nevertheless violating) from a man old enough to be my grandfather. I won't go into the gory details, but suffice it to say that long after I'd left the room, the memory remained, in fact, still remains, with me.”
“Frankly I was really shocked,” the girl told Legally India in an interview today. “There's this thing: a person who is a Supreme Court judge - you don't expect a Supreme Court judge to harass somebody.”
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