JUDGEMENT

INDEX

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY......................................................................3

II. FACTUAL MATRIX...............................................................................5

III. SUBMISSIONS OF PARTIES..............................................................6

IV. POWERS TO SUSPEND FOR A CASE PERTAINING TO THE POSH ACT.....................................................................................................9

V. THE POWER OF DEPUTY REGISTRAR (COLLEGES), DU TO CONSTITUTE AN AD HOC FACT FINDING COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO A COMPLAINT RECEIVED UNDER THE POSH ACT.............................................................................................................. 16

VI. WHETHER THE SAID SUSPENSION ORDER IS STIGMATIC 25

VII. CONCLUSIONS................................................................................. 28

VIII. ORDER .............................................................................................. 28

1. In a nutshell, the controversy relates to the manner in which the petitioner has been placed under suspension as well as the jurisdiction of the respondent no. 2-Ramanujan College, University of Delhi (hereinaft