An advocate has been barred entry into Supreme Court precincts for six months following an inquiry against him in a complaint of sexual harassment in the first order after a committee was formed to look into such complaints in the apex court.
A circular issued by the court Registrar said that an inquiry was conducted against advocate C S Nagesh by the Supreme Court Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) and a report with its recommendations was submitted by its internal committee to Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam.
"Having considered the report of GSICC dated March 4, 2014, which unanimously accepted the report of the Internal Sub-Committee dated February 21, 2014, recommending debarring the entry of C S Nagesh, advocate, into the Supreme Court precincts for a specified period extending upto a maximum period of one year and/ or any other orders, as deemed fit, I am of the view that, in the first instance, six months' bar on entry into the Supreme Court precincts would suffice, considering the fact that, except the instant case, no other incident of this nature relating to Nagesh has been reported.
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"This penalty, in my view, would not only allow him to redeem himself but also would operate as a deterrent against him," the circular, quoting CJI's March 15 order, said.
The inquiry was conducted against the advocate under the Gender Sensitisation & Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal), Regulations, 2013.
