Probe into the alleged larger conspiracy by a purported corporate-underworld-fixer nexus to implicate Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in a false sexual harassment case has begun on Wednesday. Former Supreme Court judge A.K. Patnaik is leading the probe.
A meeting of a large number of CBI, IB and Delhi police officers was held at Justice Patnaik house in Hauz Khas Enclave. Justice Patnaik was appointed to the one-man committee to investigate the allegation of a possible larger conspiracy on April 25.
According to The Telegraph, the former judge indicated that if necessary he might finish the investigation at the earliest and submit a report during the summer vacation.
A 35-year-old woman, who worked as a junior court assistant in the Supreme Court, alleged that the CJI had sexually harassed her at his residence last year.
On May 6, the three-judge in-house panel headed by Justice S.A. Bobde gave a clean chit to Justice Gogoi. The Supreme Court said that the panel has found no substance in the sexual harassment allegations levelled by a former apex court employee against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.