The High Court, however, was not convinced by the litigant’s case.
It reviewed the litigant’s credentials and discovered that she had filed at least three petitions before the High Court (including the present case), all of which related to sexual harassment complaints.
The Court found that the litigant appeared to have filed 19 sexual harassment complaints in the district of Jind itself. In a July 4 order, another Bench of the Court had also recorded the State’s submission that the litigant was a “habitual” complainant who filed cases to extort money.
The Court proceeded to express anguish over the ramifications of filing false sexual harassment cases.
The Court observed that those falsely accused of sexual harassment become doomed to live in constant fear and anxiety due to the humiliation brought in by the blemish of being a perpetrator of a sexual offence. Such accusations also lead to the ostracisation of one’s family, the Court added.
“The Court cannot remain a silent spectator to such manifestly frivolous and vexatious instances of false implication … If this modus operandi is allowed to continue unchecked, irreparable loss would be caused to the society at large,” the Court said.
Therefore, it ordered the Director General of Police of Haryana to look into the credentials of the litigant and assign a senior police officer to investigate her credentials, the allegations levelled by her and examine how many similar complaints have been filed by her in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.
“In case the allegations levelled by the petitioner are found to be false and manipulated, the DGP, Haryana is directed to take strict action against her, in accordance with law,” the Court said.
Source: Barandbench
