Sexual Harassment Proceedings at the Supreme Court: A Statement by Alumni of the National Law School of India University
We, the undersigned, speaking in our individual capacities, are alumni of the National Law School of india University [“NLSIU”], Bangalore. We have followed the allegations of sexual harassment against the Chief Justice of India, made by a former employee, and the Supreme Court’s institutional response to these allegations. We write to endorse and support the two letters written by the Women in Criminal Law Association [linked below] that called upon the Supreme Court to follow best practices pertaining to sexual harassment enquiries, as set out under the POSH Act and the Vishaka Guidelines. We express our disappointment that, in establishing an ad-hoc In-House Committee, that is said to be following an unstated “informal” set of procedures, the Supreme Court appears to have fallen well below what these best practices require. It is our view that the Court must hold itself to the highest standards in cases involving allegations of sexual harassment. We do not believe that has happened in this case.
Letter 1: https://www.livelaw.in/columns/some-questions-in-the-wake-of-a-matter-of-great-public-importance-144416
Letter 2: https://www.livelaw.in/columns/important-to-follow-established-principles- governing-sexual-harassment-inquiries-144539
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Gautam Bhatia (2011)
Suswagata Roy, 2013
Rohit De, 2005
Chirayu (Batch of 2017)
Prachi Singh (Batch of 2017)
Sameer Saran, 2003
Parul Kumar, 2009
Shailesh Rai, Batch of 2003
Sonal Mattoo 1996
Tuhina Joshi (Batch of 2016)
Pritha Srikumar, 2005
Shadan Farasat, Batch of 2006
R.V. Anuradha, Class of 1995
Vinati Kastia – 1996
Satyajit Sarna (2008)
Saumya Maheshwari, Batch of 2016
Trisha Chandran, 2017
Indranil Choudhury, Batch of 94
Jahnavi Sindhu 2015
Pranjal Singh Batch of 2015
Akanksha Prakash (2015)
Padmini Baruah, 2016
Lavanya Pangtey
Suruchi (batch of 2015)
Veena Gowda 1995
Saumya Uma, Class of 1994
Vrinda Bhandari
Anita Srinivasan, Batch of 2015
Warisha Farasat, 2004
Akila Agrawal (Batch of 1999)
Aditya Patel, Batch of 2016
Meghana Muddurangappa, 2017
Sapan Parekh, batch of 2016
Sneha, 2016
Aparna Ray, 2008
Suhas Baliga (2008)
Geeta Dhania (2004)
Anunay Shahi, 2004
ATISH KUMAR VATTS 2004
Anand S. Jha, passed out 2004
Saransika Pandey, Batch of 2016
Subhankar Pasalapudi (Batch of 2016)
Sunil 2005
Rachel Chenchiah, 2011
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Ananya 2015
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Pranesh Prakash (2008)
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Antony Alex, Batch of 98
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Arun Sri Kumar (LLB 2007)
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Vishnu Jerome, 2002
Namita Wahi, 2004
Kajal Bhardwaj (Batch of 1997)
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Nilanjana Singh (2005)
Atulaa Krishnamurthy, Batch of 2016
Pragya Vats, Batch of 2015
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Akila RS, Batch of 2006
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Sharad Bansal, Batch of 2013
Aparna Chandra, 2006
Kunal Gupta (2004)
Kamya Rajagopal, 2007
Mansi Sood (Batch of 2015)
Shraddha Chaudhary (Batch of 2017)
Sarah George (Class of 2003)
Prahalad Bhat, 2011
Vikrant Kumar 2002
Vrinda Maheshwari, Batch of 2010
Ayushi Agarwal, 2018
Faiz Tajuddin, Batch of 2005
Kavita Roy Batch of 1996
Shahrukh Alam (2000)
Geeta Dhania (2004)
Ashwini Vaidialingam, 2016
Gaganjyot Singh (Batch of 2017)
Malvika Kaushik, Batch of 2018
Shreedhar Kale (Batch of 2018)
Harshdeep Singh, Batch of 2017
Shruti Kanodia
Mathew John, 1998
Amarta Roy (2007)
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Nischal Reddy, 2007
Pallavi Khanna – Batch of 2017
Arundhati Katju, 2005
Siddharth Narrain, batch of 2002
Pratiksha Basarkar, Batch of 2018
Arunima Singal (Batch of 2018)
Amlan Mohanty 2013
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Maanav Kumar, 2011
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Badrinarayanan Seetharaman, 2013
Nivedita Mukhija (Batch of 2016)
Kaushalya Misra, Batch of 2013.
Vakasha Sachdev (2013)
Yamini Srivastava (2005)
Praggya Surana, Batch of 2015
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Megha M, 2014
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Divij Joshi, 2016
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Ajit Warrier, Batch of 1993
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Priyanka Madan 2015
Parth 2016
Anindita Pattanayak, 2015
Abhijeet Negi, Batch of 2013
Sowjhanya Shankaran (2012)
Dibyojyoti Mainak (2015)
Mr. P. S. Sekhon (Class of 1996)
Yelamanchili Shiva Santosh Kumar
Asma Tajuddin, Batch of 2010
Siddharth Nath, Batch of 2014
Rishabh Gupta, 2010
Surabhi Ranganathan 2005
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