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Sexual harassment plaints can t be brushed aside: SC | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to shield a district judge from disciplinary proceedings for allegedly exchanging “inappropriate” intimate WhatsApp messages with a junior woman judge, who had complained of sexual harassment but later refused to give evidence. The proceedings before the gender sensitisation committee of the Madhya Pradesh high court, inquiring into the alleged sexual harassment complaint by the woman judge, could not proceed as she reportedly reached a compromise with the aggressor and refused to give evidence before the committee. However, the committee in its report annexed the intimate messages exchanged between the two and the HC decided to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the district judge, who has since retired.

Can t brush sexual harassment allegations under carpet: Supreme Court

Can’t brush sexual harassment allegations under carpet: Supreme Court SECTIONS Share Synopsis The judicial officer had challenged his disciplinary proceedings on the ground that the accuser, a junior lady officer, had withdrawn her sexual harassment complaint against him. The HC was wrong in initiating disciplinary proceedings against him a second time, argued senior advocate R Balasubramaniam, representing Shambhoo Singh Raghuvanshi. The Supreme Court has said that “sexual harassment allegations can’t be swept under the carpet” and asked a former district judge who challenged a decision of the Madhya Pradesh high court to initiate disciplinary proceedings against him for his alleged conduct to face probe than challenging it in court.

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