NEW DELHI: A sitting judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, facing sexual harassment charges levelled by a former judicial officer, has been given a clean chit by a panel appointed by the Rajya Sabha chairman.
Now, Justice S K Gangele will not face impeachment proceedings.
The report of the committee constituted under the Judges Inquiry Act, 1968 was tabled in the Rajya Sabha today.
The panel, comprising Supreme Court judge R Bhanumathi, Justice Manjula Chellur and jurist K K Venugopal, was set up in April 2015 by the then Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari after admitting a motion supported by 58 members to impeach Justice Gangele.
Hundred MPs of the Lok Sabha or 50 members of the Rajya Sabha have to sign such a motion of impeachment for it to be accepted and taken up in the House.
In this case, 58 members had submitted a motion to Ansari for initiating the impeachment process against Justice Gangele for alleged sexual harassment of the woman judge in Gwalior. (AGENCIES)
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