Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Saturday claimed that the independence of the judiciary was under threat.
“I will sit on this bench and discharge my dutieswithout fear and favour till my tenure is over,” Chief Justice Gogoi saidat an urgent hearing on a matter of great public importance after there weremedia reports alleging sexual harassment charges against him.
“Things have gone too far. Judiciary cannot be made ascapegoat”, Justice Gogoi said.
There was a larger conspiracy to destabilise the judiciarywhich has remained independent, he said. There was some bigger force behind thewoman, with criminal track record, making sexual harassment charges against him,Justice Gogoi said.
An apex court bench of CJ Gogoi, Justice Arun Mishra andJustice Sanjeev Khanna conducted the hearing at 10.30 a.m. after SolicitorGeneral Tushar Mehta urgently mentioned the matter.