Recently, the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, called for a report following the circulation of an open letter reportedly authored by a female judge in Uttar Pradesh. The letter alleges sexual harassment by a senior figure and disturbingly requests permission to kill herself , prompting an urgent inquiry into the situation.

"Kindly permit me to end my life in a dignified way. Let my life be DISMISSED," the woman judge from Banda wrote in the letter.

She addressed the CJI, DY Chandrachud, alleging sex harassment by a district judge and his associates during a stint in Barabanki.

"I have been sexually harassed to the very limit. I have been treated like utter garbage. I feel like an unwanted insect," she said in the widely circulated letter.

CJI instructed Supreme Court Secretary General Atul M Kurhekar to write to the registrar general of the Allahabad High Court, asking for a report by this morning on the status of all the complaints by the woman judge.

Last night, via a phone call, the Secretary General was apprised that the acting Chief Justice of the High Court had acknowledged and taken cognizance of the contents of the open letter.

In her letter, the woman judge mentioned that an inquiry was initiated into her allegations subsequent to her filing a complaint with the Internal Complaints Committee of the High Court in July 2023. However, she expressed grave dissatisfaction, labeling the inquiry as "a farce and a sham."

"The witnesses in the enquiry are immediate Subordinates of the District Judge. How the Committee expects the Witnesses to depose against their Boss is beyond my understanding," she wrote.

She mentioned requesting the transfer of the judge during the inquiry to ensure a fair investigation, yet her petition was swiftly dismissed by the Supreme Court in what she described as a mere "eight seconds."

"All I requested was that the district judge be transferred during the pendency of the inquiry. The bare minimum prayer was not heeded," the letter said.

"All I requested was that the district judge be transferred during the pendency of the inquiry. The bare minimum prayer was not heeded," the letter said.