Had sought panel of retired judges in CJI case, says AG Venugopal

AG Venugopal says letter written in personal capacity, was sent to CJI, four other judges prior to three judge in-house panel having been formed

The Attorney General (AG) of India Senior Advocate K K Venugopal on Friday said that he had written to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Ranjan Gogoi and four senior most judges of the court seeking a panel of three retired Supreme Court judges to probe the charges of sexual harassment against the CJI.

A second letter, AG Venugopal said, had been written by him clarifying that the view to set up a panel of former Supreme Court judges was his personal opinion and not of the government. The letters had been written by him before the three-judge in