SC committee rejects sexual harassment allegations against CJI Ranjan Gogoi

Gogoi has rejected the allegations, saying they were part of a "larger conspiracy" to scuttle the court

A three-judge committee of the Supreme Court has "found no substance" in allegations made by a former court employee that Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had sexually harassed her.

A notice by the office of Supreme Court Secretary General said the committee's report dated May 5 is not liable to be made public, reported news agency PTI.

"The in-house inquiry committee has found no substance in the allegations in the complaint dated April 19 of a former employee of the Supreme Court," the court said in a statement.

The committee was set up after a former junior court assistant alleged that she was harassed