https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463409 Mandatory safeguards under workplace sexual harassment law and the applicable service rules must be followed before imposing stigmatic punishment. The delinquent was not supplied the complaint or relied-on materials, no charge memo was issued, no independent departmental enquiry was held, and the enquiry report was not furnished before punishment; the action was therefore invalid and unsustainable. Proceedings were also defective because the complaint was raised after delay without a recorded basis for condonation, and the Internal Complaints Committee had commenced action before any valid written complaint by the aggrieved woman, making the initiation legally unsustainable. A regular service inquiry was required before compulsory retirement. en-us Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 01 Sep 2025 19:17:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463409 Mandatory safeguards under workplace sexual harassment law and the applicable service rules must be followed before imposing stigmatic punishment. The delinquent was not supplied the complaint or relied-on materials, no charge memo was issued, no independent departmental enquiry was held, and the enquiry report was not furnished before punishment; the action was therefore invalid and unsustainable. Proceedings were also defective because the complaint was raised after delay without a recorded basis for condonation, and the Internal Complaints Committee had commenced action before any valid written complaint by the aggrieved woman, making the initiation legally unsustainable. A regular service inquiry was required before compulsory retirement. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463409