Relationship Existed Before Student’s Admission; Professor Accused of Sexual Harassment Reinstated: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabalpur Bench, has quashed the termination of a professor from the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU), Amarkantak, who was accused of sexually harassing and exploiting a female student. The court observed that the alleged relationship between the professor and the complainant existed long before her admission to the university in 2021, making the charges under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition…