New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Sunday issued a statement where it denied that Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Rohinton Nariman met members of an in-house committee probing the sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi.

The Supreme Court on Sunday issued a clarification denying that Justices DY Chandrachud and Rohinton Nariman met Justice SA Bobde, who is one of the members of a committee investigating sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.

The Indian Express had reported earlier in the day that Chandrachud and Nariman met the inquiry panel – comprising Justices SA Bobde, Indira Banerjee and Indu Malhotra – on May 3 to express their concerns.

In a press release, Supreme Court Secretary General Sanjeev Kalgaonkar called the report “most unfortunate”, according to Bar and Bench. “The in-house committee which is deliberating on the issue concerning honourable chief justice of India deliberates on its own without any input from any other honourable judge of this court,” he added.

Citing sources, The Indian Express had reported that Chandrachud wrote in a letter on May 2 to the inquiry panel that the Supreme Court’s credibility would be damaged further if they continued the investigation without the complainant. On May 3, in his letter, Chandrachud added that the committee could either permit the complainant to be represented by a lawyer, or appoint an amicus curiae in the case, the report had said.