GUWAHATI: The Supreme Court on Friday, February 26 ordered an in-house departmental inquiry into a sexual assault case which involves a former district judge in Madhya Pradesh.
The Court ruled that the former judicial officer must face the inquiry instituted by the state High Court following sexual harassment charges by a woman judicial officer. It observed that it cannot allow sexual harassment allegations to be swept under the carpet.
"You are walking on very thin ice. You may have the chance that you may be acquitted. But as matters stand now, you are convicted. Sexual harassment allegations cannot be brushed under the carpet like this," said a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde during a hearing against the plea challenging the departmental inquiry according to reports.