Compulsory retirement of accused MKU prof stayed
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Madurai:9.9.2019
The Madras high court has granted interim stay on the compulsory retirement order issued to a professor of Madurai Kamaraj University after hewas accusedof sexualharassment by a research scholar.
K Karnamaharajan, professor and head of Centre for Film and Electronic Media Studies at MKU, said a girl joined the department for full-time research programme under his supervision. On November 2, 2018, he found out that she had signed the attendance register on anterior days for the forthcoming days as post-datedwithoutcoming tothe centre. When hesought an explanation, she filed a sexual harassment complaint against him on December 6, 2018, he said.
He said the members of internal complaints committee (ICC), which inquired the complaint, are heading their respective departments, which is against the rules. The registrar had issued a compulsory retirement withimmediateeffecton August 22, after whichthe petitioner movedthecourt. When thecasewas heardon Monday,justiceVMVelumani granted the interim stay.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Madurai:9.9.2019
The Madras high court has granted interim stay on the compulsory retirement order issued to a professor of Madurai Kamaraj University after hewas accusedof sexualharassment by a research scholar.
K Karnamaharajan, professor and head of Centre for Film and Electronic Media Studies at MKU, said a girl joined the department for full-time research programme under his supervision. On November 2, 2018, he found out that she had signed the attendance register on anterior days for the forthcoming days as post-datedwithoutcoming tothe centre. When hesought an explanation, she filed a sexual harassment complaint against him on December 6, 2018, he said.
He said the members of internal complaints committee (ICC), which inquired the complaint, are heading their respective departments, which is against the rules. The registrar had issued a compulsory retirement withimmediateeffecton August 22, after whichthe petitioner movedthecourt. When thecasewas heardon Monday,justiceVMVelumani granted the interim stay.
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