In May, the top court’s three-member in-house inquiry committee, headed by Justice S.A. Bobde, gave a clean chit to the CJI as it “found no substance” in the allegations by the woman.

A Delhi court has closed a cheating and criminal intimidation case against a former woman employee of the Supreme Court who had levelled allegations of sexual misconduct against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.

In May, the top court’s three-member in-house inquiry committee, headed by Justice S.A. Bobde, gave a clean chit to the CJI as it “found no substance” in the allegations by the woman.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Khurana accepted the closure report filed by the Delhi police after the complainant, Naveen Kumar, a resident of Jhajjar in Haryana, said he had no opposition to the plea and that he did not want to pursue the case.

“The complainant stated that he is satisfied with the investigation conducted by the police. He also stated that he does not want to file any protest petition and therefore, the closure report may be accepted as he does not want to pursue the present case,” the magistrate said. “In view of the facts and circumstances, the statement by the complainant and the police investigation, the closure report is hereby accepted.”

The court on September 6 dismissed a plea for cancelling bail of the former woman employee. The police sought cancellation of the bail after the complainant said he was being threatened allegedly by the former Supreme Court staffer and her associates.