US EditionMP Judge Quits After Judicial Officer Allegedly Harassing Her Promoted to HC: ‘With Every Ounce of My Moral Strength…’
MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA, JUL 29 – Aditi Kumar Sharma resigned after alleging harassment and seeing the accused officer elevated despite the Supreme Court ruling her termination arbitrary and illegal, highlighting judicial accountability issues.
- On Monday, Aditi Kumar Sharma resigned hours after District Judge Rajesh Kumar Gupta’s elevation to the Madhya Pradesh High Court, citing institutional failure and harassment allegations.
- In June 2023, Sharma was terminated over alleged unsatisfactory performance but won her challenge in the February Supreme Court ruling, which called her dismissal "punitive, arbitrary and illegal."
- Sharma resigned on July 28 alleging harassment by a Judicial Officer whose appointment was notified by the Centre, and she wrote to officials but received no response.
- Sharma describes an “ache of betrayal” at being let down by the judiciary, stating “no accountability—is now titled Justice, a cruel joke upon the very word.”
- Critics warn the process of high court appointments is flawed and question what message it sends to the judiciary’s daughters about institutional protection.
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Judge resigns after senior, whom she accused of harassment, elevated to High Court
In a strongly worded resignation letter addressed to the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Junior Division Civil Judge Aditi Kumar Sharma said the very judiciary that preaches justice and equality had failed her by promoting the man she accused of serious misconduct.
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Madhya Pradesh: Civil Judge resigns after a judicial officer she accused of harassment was elevated to the High Court Woman judge in Madhya Pradesh resigns after judicial officer she accused of harassment elevated to the High Court
She expressed resentment for not being given an opportunity to be heard despite citing documented facts against Gupta.
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