HC dismisses HM’s anticipatory bail plea

April 05, 2022 09:31 pm | Updated 09:31 pm IST - Madurai

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has dismissed the anticipatory bail petition filed by a government aided school headmaster G. Joseph Jeyaseelan. The police have registered an FIR against him following complaints of sexual harassment.

Justice K. Murali Shankar dismissed the petition filed by Joseph Jeyaseelan of Madurai. In his anticipatory bail petition, he denied the allegations levelled against him. He was booked following complaints lodged by two women teachers.

Earlier, the High Court took a serious note of the fact that two women teachers complained against the petitioner. The teachers wrote letters to the Education Department authorities complaining that they were facing difficulties in the government aided school. 

The Education Department authorities took note of their letters and cancelled their deputation to the school. The court directed Madurai All Women Police to register the letters sent by the teachers to the authorities as complaints.

The court directed the District Educational Officer to constitute an internal complaints committee to conduct a parallel inquiry in respect of the alleged sexual harassment at the workplace.

Top News Today

Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.