In a powerful and emotional resignation letter dated July 28, 2025, a Civil Judge (Junior Division) from Madhya Pradesh tendered her resignation, accusing the judiciary of systemic harassment, institutional silence, and betrayal. Addressed to the Registrar General and the Principal District Judge, Shahdol, the letter recounts her harrowing experience of alleged abuse and professional sabotage at the hands of a senior judge, Shri Rajesh Kumar Gupta, and highlights the failure of multiple judicial forums including the High Court, Supreme Court, and constitutional authorities to initiate any inquiry or grant her a hearing.
The female judge asserted that her resignation was not a surrender but a protest “not because I lost faith in justice, but because justice lost its way inside the very institution sworn to protect it.” She alleged she was denied due process, dignity, and institutional protection despite repeatedly raising her concerns through official channels.
Condemning what she described as the judiciary’s selective accountability and silence in the face of misconduct, she warned that the system’s failure to uphold its own standards sends a dangerous message to women within the judiciary. Her resignation, deeply personal and reflective, ends with a haunting indictment of the institution: “I sign off not as an officer of the court, but as a victim of its silence.”
The letter has sparked widespread concern and is likely to intensify demands for internal accountability mechanisms within the judiciary.