The corrupt political parties directly for votes, BMC officers for money and Judiciary by delaying help these thugs. These are men of illegal tresspasser in my building ( enterd before I purchsed from the then landlord) , encorraged and protected by BMC and one Suresh Thakur.
So called Marathi manoos are protecting this filthy unauthorised hotel Ranjit @ Vakola Bridge with the fear of UP leader or due to palm greasing. I have seen that Marathi manoos slogan is for fooling Marathi voters and Marathi officers are responsible for all illegal settlements, illegal trespass, tax evading business and business without licence.
NEW DELHI: Filing a false sexual harassment case 15 years ago against a now
retired senior officer of Northern
Railways has landed a woman in trouble with a court directing her to pay Rs
5 lakh to him "to
console the hurt victim".
Holding that the woman had defamed the
74-year-old man, who has now retired, additional district judge Rajender Kumar
Shastri directed the woman to pay compensation, saying "every man has his own
status, however humble, and he has a right to guard his reputation".
The
woman had alleged that she was sexually harassed in 1996, while working as
secretary to the then chief personnel officer in Northern Railways. The Central
Administrative Tribunal (CAT) had ruled in her favour, but the Delhi High court
in 2008 set aside the order, terming it "invalid".
The man had filed a
defamation suit against the woman seeking damages of Rs 10 lakh for the
"emotional trauma" he underwent.
He claimed that she had filed the
complaint of sexual harassment after he had reprimanded her for not doing her
work properly. He also said the prolonged litigation caused him humiliation
among his peers.
ADJ Shastri said, "The plaintiff (man) was a senior
officer, who served the Indian Railways. There is no evidence against plaintiff
about any misconduct except the complaint lodged by present defendant, which was
proved as false."
The court, however, showed leniency towards the woman
while deciding the compensation amount after she pleaded that she was a widow
and could not afford such a penalty. "I agree that status of claimant in society
is a factor to be considered by the court in awarding compensation but status
and financial position of other party ie defendant (woman) also cannot be
ignored. The objective of providing compensation is to console the victim and
not to punish the defendant by imposing such a penalty which she cannot afford
from her means," it said. Times View
There can be no dispute that stringent laws are needed to deal with sexual
harassment. However, it's also true that strong laws are more prone to being
misused. To prevent this, it could be stipulated that where a complaint is
proved to be false, the accuser must not only suffer amonetary penalty but face
a jail term too. That would be a real deterrence against abuse of the
law.
Of course, the mere fact that the accused in a sexual harassment
case is acquitted should not suffice to trigger this provision. It should be up
to the accused to provethat the complaint is false and has been filed with mala
fide intent.
