An in-house committee of the Court quickly cleared Gogoi of the sexual harassment charges, although the report of the committee was not provided to the complainant.[130] However, there were widespread protests against the manner in which the woman's complaint was dealt with by Supreme Court.[131] A petition was filed before National Human Rights Commission to obtain the report of the in-house committee.[132] The National Law University topper Survi Karwa skipped her convocation to avoid receiving her degree from Ranjan Gogoi in protest.[133] The in house committee which cleared Gogoi of sexual harassment was chaired by Justice S A Bobde, who himself succeeded Gogoi as chief justice.