After Justice N V Ramana, part of the three-member in-house inquiry panel headed by Justice SA Bobde set up to examine the allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, recused himself from it on Thursday, Justice Indu Malhotra was appointed as member of inquiry panel set up to examine allegations of sexual harassment against CJI.

The development comes a day after the former apex court woman employee, who levelled the allegations against the CJI, wrote to the panel expressing reservation over the inclusion of Justice Ramana on the ground that he is a close friend of the CJI and a regular visitor to his house.