New Delhi: Delhi High Court has expressed sadness in women who invoke allegations of sexual harassment “on a drop of hats” to register displeasure at the behavior of others.
It only underestimates sexual harassment violations and endangers women’s empowerment, he said.
Justice Subramonium Prasad made observations while canceling FIR which was negotiating against the academic University of Delhi (DU).
The court said the criminal process needs to end in this case to prevent process abuse.
“The court revealed his sadness on how the provisions such as part 354a / 506 IPC were wrongly called on the hat drops to register a person’s displeasure on other individual behavior.
This only underestimated violations of sexual harassment and made doubts about the truth of the accusations submitted by every other victim who in fact facing harassment Sexual, thus reply to the cause of women’s empowerment, “he said.
The court said that the contents of the FIR were faintly in nature without specifics.
Also recorded a police status report that his academics and his wife had submitted a lot of complaints against construction in the neighborhood and said that “it was clear that the FIR was evilly institutionalized with a hidden motive for revenge on the applicant, and with a view to hate him and his wife because of personal revenge and his wife Personal.
“The court agreed with the claims of Du Professor that FIR was just a cociperblast and solely registered to twist the partner to draw complaints that had been submitted against neighbors.
In accordance with the applicant, the FIR does not contain anything but alleged bald and has been registered in Convance with the police when the neighbor’s son-in-law neighbor is a Delhi police officer.
According to the complainant, when he returned from vacation, the water tank that he had built on the roof was destroyed by neighbors to build rooms and toilets on the roof.
Even though there was a request to repair damage, the neighbors failed to do it and the applicant put a plastic water tank with his own money.
However, he and his wife complained to Dda and other authorities about illegal construction on the roof as the neighbor’s response accused the sexual abuse by the Professor.
‘Sex harassment claims a drop of hat’ Irks Delhi HC
