Sexual Harassment: Supreme Court Debars Advocate's Clerk From Entering Its Precincts For Three Months
3 years, 10 months ago

Sexual Harassment: Supreme Court Debars Advocate's Clerk From Entering Its Precincts For Three Months

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The Supreme Court has prohibited an Advocate's Clerk from entering its precincts for a period of three months, after he was found guilty of Sexual Harassment in an internal enquiry. In a notice to this effect, issued by the Gender Sensitization Internal Complaints Committee of the Supreme Court, it is stated that the clerk, Ashok Saini, is debarred from entering the Court precincts from July 1 to September 30, 2021. SupremeCourt bans an Advocate's Clerk from entering Court precincts from July 1 to September 30, 2021 after he was found guilty of Sexual Harassment in internal enquiry. #SexualHarassment #SupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/p8QrAKW2vV The notice reads as under: "It is for the information of all concerned that pursuant to a complaint, against Mr. Ashok Saini, the clerk of an advocate, of sexual harassment within the precincts of the Supreme Court of India, before its Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee and consequential inquiry, under Regulation 11 and and 11 of the Gender Sensitisation and sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India, Regulations, 2013, Mr. Ashok Saini has been found guilty and debarred from entering the precincts of the Supreme Court of India for a period of three months from 15 July, 2021 till 30" September, 2021."

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4 years ago

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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4 years, 5 months ago

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Live Law  

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