Jammu, April 23 -- The morally offensive remarks by an ex-employee of the Supreme Court charging the Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi with sexual harassment brings to attention several issues.

While the Bar Council of India expressing solidarity with the top Judiciary, may have called the allegation 'false and cooked up' but the facts, at apparent tenor, remains that the woman has alleged misconduct of a serious nature of a person who has the exalted position in the Country's top judiciary. The Women in Criminal Law Association have rightly distanced themselves from the bar council statement and have said the CJI should not hold office during the process of inquiry.

The woman victim used to work as a junior court assistant at t...