New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said its inquiry panel headed by former SC judge A K Patnaik has said it could not rule out a larger conspiracy to frame former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in a sexual harassment case in April 2019.
Giving details of the Justice Patnaik committee s findings, a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said, The report acknowledges that the existence of conspiracy cannot be ruled out. The bench said Justice Patnaik expressed inability to probe the larger conspiracy as he had limited investigation powers to access electronic records like chats and phone calls on WhatsApp, Telegram and other social media communication networks.
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NEW DELHI: : The Supreme Court on Thursday said its inquiry panel headed by former apex court judge A K Patnaik has said it could not rule out a larger conspiracy to frame former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in a sexual harassment case in April 2019.
Giving details of the Justice Patnaik committee’s findings, a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said, “The report acknowledges that the existence of conspiracy cannot be ruled out.” The bench said Justice Patnaik expressed inability to probe the larger conspiracy as he had limited investigation powers to access electronic records.