Indian judges’ panel clears CJ of sexual harassment

India's Supreme Court yesterday said a panel of its judges had dismissed a complaint of sexual harassment made against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi by a former court employee, as it lacked substance. The case involving India's most powerful judge is the most high-profile in a wave of allegations of sexual harassment that have been made public by women since last year as the #metoo movement has swept the country. The 35-year-old woman said Gogoi had made unwanted sexual advances when she worked in an office at his home last year, and that she and her family were victimised after she spurned his advances. Gogoi denied the allegations and a panel of judges cleared him of any wrongdoing. "The in-house committee found no substance in the allegations contained in the complaint," the Supreme Court's secretary general said in a brief statement.