Supreme Court of India
Aureliano Fernandes v. State of Goa and Others
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What the Court ordered
For the above reasons, the appellant cannot be faulted for questioning the process and its outcome.
Judgment, page 51
From the headnote
Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 – r. 11(IX), r. 14(2) – Central Civil Services ( onduct) Rules, 1964 – r. 3C – Allegation of sexual harassment at work pl ace – Defying the principles of natural justice – Appellant was appointed by the respondent no.2-Goa University – Appellant was accused o f sexual harassment by several girl students – Appellant w as served with notice to explain charges levelled against him – Inquiry proceedings took place thereafter, in the month of May 2009, when 12 hearings, most of them back to back, were conduc ted by the
Authorities it was built on
- 1978 Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
- 1969 A. K. Kraipak & Ors. Etc. v. Union Of. India & Ors.
- 1970 Rustom Cavasjee Cooper v. Union of India
- 1997 Vishaka and Ors. v. State of Rajasthan and Ors.
- 1985 Union of India and Another v. Tulsiram Patel and Others
- 1990 Delhi Transport Corporation v. D.T.C. Mazdoor Congress
- 1969 State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. v. Shardul Singh
- 1981 Swadeshi Cotton Mills v. Union of India
- 2006 P.D. Agrawal v. State Bank of India and Ors.
- 1970 Union of India v. Col. J, N. Sinha and Anr.
- 2004 Mangilal v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2020 Dr. Vijayakumaran C.P.V. v. Central University of Kerala & Ors.
- 2012 Medha Kotwal Lele and Others v. Union of India
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Basudev Dutta v. The State of West Bengal & Ors.
- 2023 Union of India and Others v. Dilip Paul
- 2023 Initiatives for Inclusion Foundation & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors
Of those, 3 mentioned
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