Gwalior:
A Madhya Pradesh High Court judge, accused of sexual harassment by a junior, has said he is "ready for the death sentence if found guilty." A woman additional judge has alleged that he asked her to "dance on an item song" and influenced her transfer to a remote location.
The High Court judge told NDTV that he has written to the chief justice of Madhya Pradesh offering to "face any probe by any committee."
The additional judge resigned on July 15 and wrote to the President, the Chief Justice of India and the Union Law Minister on Friday last saying, "If this is how a mother, sister and wife can be treated, who is herself no less than a judicial officer duty-bound to protect society and law, what constitutional goals are we serving?"
"I will seek a report from the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court and take action accordingly. I will do my best for the institution," Chief Justice of India RM Lodha told NDTV this morning.
The woman has alleged that the High Court judge constantly pestered her and once sent her a message through an official to "perform a dance on an item song" at a function at his home. She alleged that when she spurned the judge's "various advances and malicious aspirations", he targeted her professionally.
"The administrative judge, along with district judge and district judge (inspection), possibly made a false, frivolous, baseless and malicious reporting to the chief justice of MP and got me transferred on July 8, in the mid-academic session of my daughters to a remote place Sidhi by overruling the transfer policy of MP HC," she has complained. She said her appeal for an extension was rejected.
"I was left with no option but to resign, so, I resigned on July 15 in compelling, humiliating and disgraceful circumstances to save my dignity, womanhood, self-esteem and career of my daughter," she has written.
The High Court judge told NDTV that he has written to the chief justice of Madhya Pradesh offering to "face any probe by any committee."
The additional judge resigned on July 15 and wrote to the President, the Chief Justice of India and the Union Law Minister on Friday last saying, "If this is how a mother, sister and wife can be treated, who is herself no less than a judicial officer duty-bound to protect society and law, what constitutional goals are we serving?"
"I will seek a report from the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court and take action accordingly. I will do my best for the institution," Chief Justice of India RM Lodha told NDTV this morning.
The woman has alleged that the High Court judge constantly pestered her and once sent her a message through an official to "perform a dance on an item song" at a function at his home. She alleged that when she spurned the judge's "various advances and malicious aspirations", he targeted her professionally.
"The administrative judge, along with district judge and district judge (inspection), possibly made a false, frivolous, baseless and malicious reporting to the chief justice of MP and got me transferred on July 8, in the mid-academic session of my daughters to a remote place Sidhi by overruling the transfer policy of MP HC," she has complained. She said her appeal for an extension was rejected.
"I was left with no option but to resign, so, I resigned on July 15 in compelling, humiliating and disgraceful circumstances to save my dignity, womanhood, self-esteem and career of my daughter," she has written.
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