It is good that the Supreme Court of India has begun a probe into the allegations against a retired Supreme Court Judge who has been accused of having had sexually harassed a young lady law student. The probe has to be expeditious and should unsparingly get to the bottom of the truth.
As the name of that former judge is surprisingly not yet officially out in public domain, the finger of suspicion is unfortunately currently pointing to all the recently retired judges.Ironically as Goa the land of fun, feni and frolic is looking for a retired Supreme Court judge to be the Lokayukta, the list of those eligible may just further narrow down. These sexual harassment allegations against that former Supreme Court judge if correct would put the highest temple of justice to shame. On the other hand, the young lady lawyer must also be taken to task if her allegations end up being false and fabricated, though it would be curious why she played ball all the while and chose to awaken from slumber only now, after his retirement. In Goa, over a decade ago we had those nauseating times with some Bombay High Court judges being in intimate contact with a then jazzy High Court Public Prosecutor. The only difference was that all those horrific happening s were all by mutual consent. One of them is still a judge of the Bombay High Court. I had to face his retribution for having raised my voice against that sorry state of affairs. He kept recklessly dismissing my petitions. It did not bother me as I felt it was my bounden obligation to speak out against unholy acts especially by those presiding over the temples of justice. There has to be zero tolerance to all such misconduct. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372