Supreme Court of India
Dr. Vijayakumaran C.P.V. v. Central University of Kerala & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, the impugned judgments and orders passed by the District Forum, the State Commission and th e National Commission cannot be sustained and the same are, therefore, set aside and resultantly, the complaint filed by the respondents stands dismissed.
Judgment, page 43
From the headnote
Service Law: Termination of service – Of University Associate Pr ofessor on probation – Pursuant to report of Internal Complaints Committ ee which was constituted on complaints regarding sexual harassment of female students – Appellant assailed the termina tion order on the ground that it was stigmatic – Single Judge as well as Division Bench of High Court construed the termination order as terminat ion simplcitor – Appeal to Supreme Court: Held: From the teno r of the termination order it is evident that it is ex- facie stigmatic and punitive – Such an order could be issued only after
Authorities it was built on
- 1993 Managing Director, Ecil, Hyderabad Etc. Etc. v. B. Karunakar and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 2001 Pavanendra Narayan Verma v. Sanjay Gandhi P.G.I. of Medical Sciences and Anr. Novembers, 2001
- 2011 M/s Interglobe Aviation Ltd. v. N. Satchidanand
- 1999 Dipti Prakash Banerjee v. Satvendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Calcutta and Others.
- 1984 Inder Pal Gupta v. The Managing Committee, Model Inter College, Thora
Where later benches applied it
- 2023 Aureliano Fernandes v. State of Goa and Others
- 2025 State of Uttar Pradesh through Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayati Raj, Lucknow v. Ram Prakash Singh
- 2025 Sarita Choudhary v. High Court of Madhya Pradesh & Another
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