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The young lawyer who had alleged sexual harassment by a retired Supreme Court judge has been asked to appear before the three-judge inquiry panel set up by the Supreme Court on November 18.
The panel,which was set up by the Supreme Court on Tuesday to ascertain the veracity of the allegation,held its first meeting on Wednesday.
SC secretary general and secretary to the judges panel Ravindra Maithani confirmed that the panel has formally requested the lawyer to depose before it at 4:30 pm on Monday.
The lawyer,who graduated from Kolkatas National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) this year,had blogged that she was sexually harassed in December by a Supreme Court judge with whom she was interning.
Since the committee has now been constituted,I will depose before the judges, the lawyer blogged on Tuesday.
We will take action on the basis of the (inquiry) report, CJI P Sathasivam had said. The panel comprises Justices R M Lodha,H L Dattu and Ranjana Desai.
