CAN'T SHUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE ON THE BASIS OF COMPROMISE: SC
Hindustan Times|November 08, 2024
Sexual harassment cases cannot be quashed on the basis of a compromise between two parties, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, as it set aside a Rajasthan high court order dismissing a case after the accused and the survivor agreed upon a compromise.

A bench of justices CT Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar gave the verdict after hearing a case involving the high court's decision to quash a first information (FIR) against a teacher, who was accused of sexually harassing a 16-year-old at a school in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan.

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