CJI hearing own case is "legally, morally" wrong: Santosh Hegde

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Apr 23 2019 | 4:35 PM IST

Former Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde said Tuesday Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi hearing a case involving sexual harassment allegations against him was "wholly wrong both in law and morality".

He, however, said he does not want to comment on the allegations levelled against the CJI by a former Supreme Court employee as he does not know their "correctness or otherwise."
The former Karnataka Lokayukta said, "First of all, he could not have sat there.. what message is he sending? As Chief Justice of India can he sit in the bench and hear his own case? It's wholly wrong both legally and morally."

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First Published: Apr 23 2019 | 4:35 PM IST

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