India, July 30 -- A woman civil judge has resigned after a senior she accused of harassment and misconduct was appointed as Madhya Pradesh High Court judge recently, media reports said.

"I am resigning from judicial service, not because I failed the institution but because the institution failed me," Aditi Kumar Sharma, a junior division civil judge in Shahdol, wrote in her resignation letter to the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

She claimed to have followed every legitimate route, "hoping that if not justice, at least a hearing might be granted".

In her letter, she claimed that the man "who orchestrated my suffering was not questioned but rewarded, recommended, elevated. Given a pedestal instead of a summons".

"No in...