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2017 Supreme(Del) 577

VALMIKI J.MEHTA
ASHOK KUMAR SINGH – Appellant
Versus
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI – Respondent


Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Amit Gupta and Mr. Anant A. Pavgi and Ms. Mansi Kukreja, Advocates.
For the Respondent:Mr. M.J.S. Rupal and Ms. Simran Jeet, Advocates, Mr. Rajiv B. Samaiyar, Advocate, Ms. Vibha Mahajan Seth, Advocate

VALMIKI J. MEHTA, J :

1. By this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the petitioner impugns the reports dated 30.6.2015 & 12.2.2016 submitted by the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of the respondent no. 2/Dayal Singh Evening College. The ICC was constituted under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), on account of complaints against the petitioner of the respondent nos. 3 to 5 in this writ petition.

2. On behalf of the petitioner these reports are challenged on two counts. First count is that the report only gives a prima facie conclusion of the complaints having substance without the report actually giving a definite conclusion and holding the charges against the petitioner to be proved, and which aspects are very much required under Section 13(3) of the Act. The second count is that the two reports dated 30.6.2015 as regards the complaints of respondent nos. 4 and 5, in such inquiry proceedings, the petitioner was not allowed to lead evidence in support of






















































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