Sexual harassment: Female intern fails to turn up for recording of statement

A woman intern, who has alleged sexual harassment by a recently-retired Supreme Court judge, today did not turn up for recording of her statement before the three-judge committee set up to probe the charge.

Court sources said that members of the panel assembled for the meeting and waited for nearly one hour and 45 minutes.

Ravindra Maithani, Secretary General of the apex court, who is also the member secretary of the committee, did not respond to calls for details of meeting.

The sources said, “No entry pass was issued in her name today,” suggesting she made no appearance before the committee.

The law intern had recorded her statement for two hours on Monday before the committee comprising justices R M Lodha, H L Dattu and Ranjana Prakash Desai, and had requested it that confidentiality of her testimony be maintained. She was again asked to appear today.