The Delhi High Court on Thursday barred publication and telecast of a law intern’s complaint of sexual harassment allegations against former Supreme Court judge Swatanter Kumar, saying that adverse publicity against judges should be “handled with care and caution” as it may prejudice people’s faith in the higher judiciary.
“The defendants (three media houses and woman law intern), their agents, assigns or any of them acting on their behalf and/or any other person, entity, in print or electronic media or internet are restrained from further publishing the write ups,” said Justice Manmohan Singh.
Finding prima facie substance in the law suit of the ex-judge Kumar, Chairperson of National Green Tribunal, Justice Singh, in a 42-page interim order, said that if the complaint of the law intern is found to be false after inquiry, then “who would ultimately compensate and return the repute and sufferings of the plaintiff and mental torture caused to him and his family members.”