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Supreme Court judges Justices D Y Chandrachud and R F Nariman have expressed their objections regarding the decision of the inquiry panel headed by Justice Bobde to proceed ex-parte to probe the sexual harassment allegations against the Chief Justice of India.Last week, the former SC staff had decided to withdraw from the enquiry citing several concerns, such as the panel not following Visakha guidelines and POSH Act, rejection of her request for a lawyer etc.
In a press release, she has said that she felt "intimidated and nervous in the presence of three Hon'ble Judges of the Supreme Court and without having a lawyer or support person". "I felt I was not likely to get justice from this committee and so I am no longer participating in the 3 Judge Committee proceedings", the complainant said. Despite that, the Committee had reportedly examined the CJI, who rebutted the allegations against him. It was on April 23 that a panel of Justices Bobde, Ramana and Indira Banerjee was constituted by the CJI to probe the allegations levelled by the former staff. She had also pointed out that on April 20, the day her affidavit was sent to the Supreme Court judges, Justice Ramana, speaking in Hyderabad, had dismissed her allegations. This led to the recusal of Justice Ramana, who was replaced by Justice Indu Malhotra.
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