Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 12 · Decided 20 January 1999
Apparel Export Promotion Council v. AK. Chopra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 12 · [1999] 1 S.C.R. 117
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 226/1999
- Decided
- 20 January 1999
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, V.N. KHARE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 15, 21
Headnote
EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL A • v. AK. CHOPRA JANUARY 20, 1999 [DR. AS. ANAND CJ. AND V.N. KHARE, J.) B ,. Service Law: Misconduct-Sexual harassment--Of female employee~At place of work-Approach of cowt-ln such case~Held, Depmtmental disciplina1y proceedings should not be dealt with like a material to detem1i11e the genui11e11ess of the complai11t-Victim's statement must be appreciated i11 the background of the e11tire cas~Such cases are required to be dealt with great sensitivity-Sympathy or mercy towards the D delinquent, wholly misplaced. _.. Misco11duct-Sexual harassment-At
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