Shocked, shattered by allegations: former SC judge Ganguly

Justice AK Ganguly says I am denying everything. I have told the committee that all the allegations levelled by the intern are wrong

Denying any sexual harassment of a young woman law intern, former Supreme Court judge Justice A K Ganguly today said he was "shocked and shattered" by the charges against him.

"I am denying everything. I have told the committee that all the allegations levelled by the intern are wrong. I don't know how such allegations have been levelled against me," he told PTI.

He was giving his reaction after an apex court official released a statement that Justice Ganguly had recorded his statement before a three-judge committee that went into the intern's allegations and has submitted its report to the Chief Justice of India.

The apex court official statement said Justice Ganguly had recorded his statement to the three-judge committee headed by Justice R M Lodha. The report was handed over to CJI Justice P Sathasivam yesterday.

"I totally deny the allegations. I am a victim of situations," he told television channels.

"I am not ashamed of anything," he said in reply to a question in regard to the alleged episode which came out in public domain after the intern spoke about in a legal portal earlier this month.

He said the charges against him were totally wrong. The girl had not raised any sexual harassment issue with him, he said, adding that he had not done any physical harm to her.

The former judge said the intern worked with him though she was not officially allocated to him. She came in the place of another intern who had gone abroad after marriage. "I never put up a poster. She came on her own."

He said the girl had come to his house on a number of occasions in connection with the work.