Nov 22, 2024
Nov 22, 2024
A news item published in Amar Ujala dated 31st May, 2014 is very disturbing. Its shortened version is,
I remember that some months back it was reported in the papers that the Hon’ble Supreme Court had decided not to entertain the complaint of the internee because Justice Kumar had already retired.“The Central government has submitted before the Hon’ble Supreme Court that it is not authorized to take any action (including removal from the post of NGT chairman), against Justice (Retd.) Swatantra Kumar because the allegations of sexual harassment made by an internee against him are of the period when he was Justice of the Supreme Court. The Center has asserted that it is so because the point was thus settled in case of NHRC chairman Justice (Retd.) Balakrishnan (against whom serious allegation of corrupt practices were reported)”.