Justice Indu Malhotra is the new member of the panel inquiring in to the sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice of India. She was appointed after Justice NV Ramana recused himself from the panel on Thursday.

Justice Indu Malhotra is already the head of the Internal Complaints Committee in the Supreme Court.

Earlier on Thursday, Justice NV Ramana had opted out of the panel after the former SC woman employee, who levelled the allegations against the CJI, wrote a letter to the panel expressing reservation over the inclusion of Justice Ramana.

She had expressed objection to the presence of Justice Ramana in the panel on the ground that he is a close friend of the CJI and a regular visitor to his house.