‘Wasn’t Sitting On It, Never Got Unnao Rape Survivor’s Letter,’ CJI Ranjan Gogoi

Mumbai: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Secretary-General to explain why the letter of 12 July of Unnao rape was not kept before this. The court has fixed Thursday’s date for the hearing of the case.

A few weeks before the accident that killed two relatives of Unnao rape victim and seriously injured her family, they wrote a letter to the CJI saying that the accused in the case allegedly threatened for her life.

Reports said that the letter could now be dealt with on the judicial side. The court has also sought the medical report of the survivor.

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi said that even for the first time, he heard about the letter through media reports, which seemed to be that “as the Chief Justice was sitting on it”.

He added, “We try to do something constructive in a mix of such a highly volatile destructive environment but the messaging isn’t right.”

A prominent portal reported that Gogoi’s remarks include senior advocate V. has come in the form of Giri, who has been appointed as an Amikas Curia in a Su Moto case to prepare a mechanism to speed up the lawsuits of child rape, mentioned the Unnao rape case and the intervention of the apex court demanded.

An official of the Supreme Court said on Tuesday that the letter written in Hindi has got the office of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who has asked the court general secretary to prepare a note and keep it in front of him.

The official said to PTI, “CJI asked Secretary-General to go through a letter written in Hindi.

Meanwhile, the CBI registered a case against suspended BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and 10 other accused in the accident case, which avoided Unnao rape. The agency has registered a case against 20 unknown persons under criminal conspiracy, murder, attempt to murder and criminal intimidation

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