Can't Disclose Report on Allegations Against Ganguly: SC

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Can't Disclose Report on Allegations Against Ganguly: SC
New Delhi | Jan 30, 2014
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Supreme Court has refused to share with the public anything but the
operative portion of the report which was submitted by a three-judge
committee to the Chief Justice of India over a former intern's
allegations against Justice (retd) AK Ganguly.

Responding to an RTI petition by Lucknow-based activist Urvashi
Sharma, the apex court said that the proceedings of the committee were
part of an "in-house procedure" which cannot be made public.

"The disclosure of information and reports emanating out of a
self-evolved mechanism which is in the nature of an In-House Procedure
by the judiciary is expressly prohibited," SC said.

While refusing to provide the report of the three-judge committee, SC
cited Section 8(1)(b) of RTI Act which prohibits disclosure of any
information whose publication has been expressly forbidden by a court
of law or tribunal or the sharing of which may constitute contempt of
court.

"I write to inform you that the operative portion of the report
submitted by the committee of honourable judges is available on the
Supreme Court website," Smita Vats Sharma, Additional Registrar and
the CPIO of Supreme Court, said in the RTI reply.

The committee comprising justices RM Lodha, HL Dattu and Ranjana
Prakash Desai was constituted by CJI P Sathasivam after media reports
emerged in November last year that "a recently-retired judge" had
misbehaved with a law intern.
FILED ON: Jan 30, 2014 21:21 IST
FILED IN: Judiciary: Supreme Court | Sexual Harassment & Misconduct |
A.K. Ganguly
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New Delhi | Jan 30, 2014