Intern's allegation against judge gets more support

Facing an intern's allegation that he had sexually harassed her, former Supreme Court judge Swatanter Kumar made no comments today despite repeated attempts by the media to get his reaction.
Justice Kumar, currently Chairman of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), had spoken to a couple of newspapers yesterday denying the allegation as "totally false" and describing them as "some kind of conspiracy".
Efforts by journalists to speak to him bore no fruit as those who answered his phones said that he would call back if he decides to speak on the issue. He was not at home, they said.
Meanwhile, Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Environment, the administrative ministry for the green tribunal, described the allegation as "serious" but said it was up to the Supreme Court to decide whether to have an inquiry into the allegations.

But the intern's demand for a Supreme Court probe into her allegations received more support from Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising, leading lawyers Kamini Jaiswal, Harish Salve and Vrinda Grover besides women rights activist Kavitha Krishnan.
Jaising demanded that there should be a system in the Supreme Court to probe allegations of sexual harassment against judges. The court had a system for staff and lawyers but there was no system covering judges, which was necessary.