https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469686 Material improvements between the earlier workplace complaint and the FIR, suppression of prior complaints, and weak witness support led the HC to apply quashing principles to a sexual harassment prosecution. The record showed that the employer had constituted an internal complaints committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, the complainant had already approached police earlier, and the petitioner had been exonerated in the internal process. The Court also noted delay in lodging the FIR and circumstances indicating mala fide institution. On that combined factual and procedural basis, the FIR and consequent criminal proceedings were quashed as an abuse of process. en-us Fri, 11 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:41:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469686 Material improvements between the earlier workplace complaint and the FIR, suppression of prior complaints, and weak witness support led the HC to apply quashing principles to a sexual harassment prosecution. The record showed that the employer had constituted an internal complaints committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, the complainant had already approached police earlier, and the petitioner had been exonerated in the internal process. The Court also noted delay in lodging the FIR and circumstances indicating mala fide institution. On that combined factual and procedural basis, the FIR and consequent criminal proceedings were quashed as an abuse of process. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 11 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469686