'This rascal, rogue rose to be CJI': Markandey Katju blasts Ranjan Gogoi over sexual abuse scandal
Whether you agree with him or not, you can always be assured former Supreme Court justice Markandey Katju won't mince words on controversial issues. Katju had retired from the Supreme Court in 2011 and has since been a prolific writer and speaker, never hesitating to speak or write on controversial issues.
So, it is not surprising that Katju had an opinion when news emerged that the Supreme Court had reinstated a woman who had accused former chief justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual misconduct. The woman, a Supreme Court staffer since 2014, had been dismissed from service in December 2018 when she had been posted to the residence-office of Gogoi. The woman had alleged Gogoi misbehaved with her in October 2018.
Taking to his Facebook account, Katju referred to the reinstatement of the woman by the Supreme Court and alleged Gogoi was a "rascal and a rogue".
Katju wrote, "At last the woman employee who was sexually molested by CJI Gogoi and victimised along with her family has been reinstated. There was no vice which was not in Ranjan Gogoi. And yet this rascal and rogue rose to become CJI. It speaks volumes about our judiciary..."
Katju also lambasted the "brother and sister judges" of the Supreme Court who, instead of seeking to protect the complainant, protected Gogoi.
Katju alleged Gogoi had misused his position as chief justice of India and harassed the woman's family. In a letter to the 22 judges of the Supreme Court in April 2019, the woman had claimed her husband and brother-in-law had been suspended from their positions of constables in the Delhi Police after she was terminated from service. In May 2019, an 'in-house' panel of Supreme Court justices exonerated Gogoi of all the charges against him.
Katju had written in another Facebook post on Wednesday, "How low a man was this rascal Ranjan Gogoi can be seen from the fact that he not only got the woman he sexually molested dismissed because she complained against him, but his vendetta was not thereby satisfied. He went after her whole family, and misusing his position as CJI got them sent to jail. And what about his brother/sister judges? They should have asked Gogoi to resign, but many of them protected him, instead of protecting that poor woman and her relatives. Shame on them."
Katju has had a 'history' with Gogoi. In November 2016, Katju was summoned to the Supreme Court to explain his criticism of a decision of a bench, led by Gogoi, to set aside the death penalty given in the Soumya murder case.
At the hearing, Gogoi issued a contempt of court notice against Katju. Gogoi had even summoned security personnel to escort Katju out after they argued in court, but decided against it after being requested by others. In a Facebook post on the incident, Katju alleged the court hearing was a "pre-arranged drama organised by Gogoi" with the intention to "humiliate" him.
Courtesy: www.theweek.in
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Centre spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print media ads for RSS centenary, reveals RTI
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Culture allegedly spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print advertisements marking the 100-year celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), according to a Right to Information (RTI) reply.
The information was sought by RTI activist Ajay Basudev Bose, who filed an application seeking details on expenditure incurred by the ministry for advertisements commemorating the RSS centenary.
Bose shared a picture of the reply from the ministry on his official ‘X’ handle.
“It is informed that an amount of Rs 76,13,129 has been spent on advertisement given in various print media by the Ministry of Culture on the occasion of the completion of 100 years of RSS,” the government’s reply stated.
RTI reply shows Min of Culture Govt of India spent a Whopping Rs 76L,13K,129 on Advertisement in Print Media on occasion of 100 yrs of #RSS
— AJAY Basudev Bose (@AjayBos93388306) April 16, 2026
When Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??@RSSorg… pic.twitter.com/dW4IUtdNCg
Bose questioned the expenditure in the post X, “when Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??”
Reacting to the development, Karnataka’s IT-BT and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge also criticised the spending.
In a post on X, he asked why public money was being used for what he described as a “private ideological project.”
"Modi Sarkar spent Rs 76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS. Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to celebrate their centenary?," he added.
Why is public money being used to serve a private ideological project?
— Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ (@PriyankKharge) April 16, 2026
Modi Sarkar spent ₹76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS.
Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to… pic.twitter.com/EoZ6Pim3IM
According to reports, the RSS describes itself as a volunteer-based organisation and has stated that it functions as a body of individuals rather than a registered entity.
Founded by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in 1925, the organisation is marking its centenary year beginning from Vijaydashami in 2025, with the milestone observed on October 2.
