The Supreme Court today ordered a probe headed by retired judge Justice AK Patnaik into an alleged conspiracy to discredit Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. Earlier today, three Supreme Court judges examined an affidavit by lawyer Utsav Bains claiming a conspiracy to frame Chief Justice Gogoi with sex harassment allegations. The allegations of "bench fixing are so serious that it requires investigation", said the judges, hours before they ordered an independent inquiry.