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India Gazette
3 days ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
"Why CM silent"? Odisha Congress after self-immolation attempt at Balasore college
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 13 (ANI): Odisha Pradesh Congress committee spokesperson, Rajani Kumar Mohanty, has questioned the silence of the Chief Minister, Mohan Charan Majhi, after a student allegedly attempted self-immolation in protest over charges of sexual harassment by her teacher. 'Crime against women is increasing at an alarming rate in Odisha. Yesterday, Rahul Gandhi visited and said that every day 15 women are facing serious crimes and the state government is not paying attention... A student self-immolated due to continuous harassment by one of the teachers... Justice has not been delivered... Why are the Chief Minister and Deputy CM silent?... Why was there no inquiry?...', Mohanty told ANI on Saturday. The Higher Education Department, Odisha, on Saturday constituted a committee to conduct a thorough inquiry into the alleged harassment case against Samira Kumar Sahu, Assistant Professor, FM Auto comes after the suicide attempt by a girl student of the college in Balasore. According to the order, the committee, in its inquiry, will ascertain the circumstances which led to self-immolation, the involvement of the professor in the case and the role of the college administration, principal and Internal Complaint Committee in dealing with any prior complaints. The committee will also identify lapses of any individual or authority and identify any other incidental matter that emerges during the inquiry. 'The committee is authorised to seek assistance from any person as deemed necessary for conducting the inquiry and submit the report to the Higher Education Department,' the order said. Earlier, the Balasore Police arrested the accused in the self-immolation attempt case. According to Balasore SP Raj Prasad, the police have established prima facie evidence against the teacher who was involved in the self-immolation case of the female student. The victim had lodged a complaint with the Internal Compliance Committee on June 30. 'In the case of a female student who attempted self-immolation, prima facie evidence has been established against a teacher. He has been arrested and forwarded to the court. This student had lodged a complaint with the Internal Compliance Committee on 30th June. We are enquiring about the findings of their report. Whoever is found guilty, accountability will be fixed for them,' he said. The Higher Education Department of the Odisha government on Saturday suspended the Assistant Professor and Principal of FM (Auto) College, following the self-immolation attempt of the college student. 'The government has contemplated that the matter has not been handled properly by Dillip Kumar Ghose. He has failed to perform his duties in the capacity of Principal of the college. He is hereby placed under suspension under sub-rule (2) of rule 12 of the Odisha Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1962, with immediate effect', the letter said. (ANI)
India Gazette
3 days ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
"Why is CM silent?": Odisha Congress after self-immolation attempt at Balasore college
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 13 (ANI): Odisha Pradesh Congress committee spokesperson, Rajani Kumar Mohanty, has questioned the silence of the Chief Minister, Mohan Charan Majhi, after a student allegedly attempted self-immolation in protest over charges of sexual harassment by her teacher. 'Crime against women is increasing at an alarming rate in Odisha. Yesterday, Rahul Gandhi visited and said that every day 15 women are facing serious crimes and the state government is not paying attention... A student self-immolated due to continuous harassment by one of the teachers... Justice has not been delivered... Why are the Chief Minister and Deputy CM silent?... Why was there no inquiry?...', Mohanty told ANI on Saturday. The Higher Education Department, Odisha, on Saturday constituted a committee to conduct a thorough inquiry into the alleged harassment case against Samira Kumar Sahu, Assistant Professor, FM Auto comes after the suicide attempt by a girl student of the college in Balasore. According to the order, the committee, in its inquiry, will ascertain the circumstances which led to self-immolation, the involvement of the professor in the case and the role of the college administration, principal and Internal Complaint Committee in dealing with any prior complaints. The committee will also identify lapses of any individual or authority and identify any other incidental matter that emerges during the inquiry. 'The committee is authorised to seek assistance from any person as deemed necessary for conducting the inquiry and submit the report to the Higher Education Department,' the order said. Earlier, the Balasore Police arrested the accused in the self-immolation attempt case. According to Balasore SP Raj Prasad, the police have established prima facie evidence against the teacher who was involved in the self-immolation case of the female student. The victim had lodged a complaint with the Internal Compliance Committee on June 30. 'In the case of a female student who attempted self-immolation, prima facie evidence has been established against a teacher. He has been arrested and forwarded to the court. This student had lodged a complaint with the Internal Compliance Committee on 30th June. We are enquiring about the findings of their report. Whoever is found guilty, accountability will be fixed for them,' he said. The Higher Education Department of the Odisha government on Saturday suspended the Assistant Professor and Principal of FM (Auto) College, following the self-immolation attempt of the college student. 'The government has contemplated that the matter has not been handled properly by Dillip Kumar Ghose. He has failed to perform his duties in the capacity of Principal of the college. He is hereby placed under suspension under sub-rule (2) of rule 12 of the Odisha Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1962, with immediate effect', the letter said. (ANI)
India Gazette
3 days ago
- India Gazette
Odisha: Higher Education Department constitutes committee to investigate FM college self molestation case
Balasore (Odisha) [India], July 13 (ANI): The Higher Education Department, Odisha, on Saturday constituted a committee to conduct a thorough inquiry into the alleged harassment case against Samira Kumar Sahu, Assistant Professor, FM Auto College. This comes after the suicide attempt by a girl student of the college in Balasore. According to the order, the committee, in its inquiry, will ascertain the circumstances which led to self-immolation, the involvement of the professor in the case and the role of the college administration, principal and Internal Complaint Committee in dealing with any prior complaints. The committee will also identify lapses of any individual or authority and identify any other incidental matter that emerges during the inquiry. 'The committee is authorised to seek assistance from any person as deemed necessary for conducting the inquiry and submit the report to the Higher Education Department,' the order said. Earlier, the Balasore Police arrested the accused in the self-immolation attempt case. According to Balasore SP Raj Prasad, the police have established prima facie evidence against the teacher who was involved in the self-immolation case of the female student. The victim had lodged a complaint with the Internal Compliance Committee on June 30. 'In the case of a female student who attempted self-immolation, prima facie evidence has been established against a teacher. He has been arrested and forwarded to the court. This student had lodged a complaint with the Internal Compliance Committee on 30th June. We are enquiring about the findings of their report. Whoever is found guilty, accountability will be fixed for them,' he said. The Higher Education Department of the Odisha government on Saturday suspended the Assistant Professor and Principal of FM (Auto) College, following the self-immolation attempt of the college student. In a letter issued by the Higher Education Department of the Odisha Government that Dilip Kumar Ghose failed to perform his duties as the Principal of the college due to which he was suspended under sub-rule (2) of rule 12 of the Odisha Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1962, with immediate effect. 'The government has contemplated that the matter has not been handled properly by Dillip Kumar Ghose. He has failed to perform his duties in the capacity of Principal of the college. He is hereby placed under suspension under sub-rule (2) of rule 12 of the Odisha Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1962, with immediate effect', the letter said. (ANI)
India Gazette
3 days ago
- India Gazette
Odisha: Police arrest accused after self-immolation attempt Balasore college
Balasore (Odisha) [India], July 12 (ANI): Balasore Police have arrested accused in the FM (Auto) College female student self-immolation attempt case and produced the her before court. Meanwhile, the Odisha government have formed a committee to conduct a thorough inquiry into the alleged harassment case against Samira Kumar Sahu, Assistant Professor at FM Auto College, who has been arrested following the suicide attempt by a female student of the college on July 12. According to Balasore SP Raj Prasad, the police have established prima facie evidence against the teacher who was involved in the self-immolation case of the female student. The accused has been arrested and produced before the court. The victim had lodged a complaint with the Internal Compliance Committee on June 30. 'In the case of a female student who attempted self-immolation, prima facie evidence has been established against a teacher. He has been arrested and forwarded to the court. This student had lodged a complaint with the Internal Compliance Committee on 30th June. We are enquiring about the findings of their report. Whoever is found guilty, accountability will be fixed for them,' he said. The Higher Education Department of the Odisha government on Saturday suspended Assistant Professor and Principal of FM (Auto) College, following the self-immolation attempt of the college student. In a letter issued by the Higher Education Department of the Odisha Government that Dilip Kumar Ghose failed to perform his duties as the Principal of the college due to which he was suspended under sub-rule (2) of rule 12 of the Odisha Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1962, with immediate effect. 'The government has contemplated that the matter has not been handled properly by Dillip Kumar Ghose. He has failed to perform his duties in the capacity of Principal of the college. He is hereby placed under suspension under sub-rule (2) of rule 12 of the Odisha Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1962, with immediate effect', the letter said. Addressing the matter, MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi on Saturday said that the matter was going on from the past few days. 'This matter has been going on for many days. Initially, the Police had been assured by the college that they would complete the enquiry committee's report in five days', Sarangi told ANI. (ANI)
Indian Express
04-07-2025
- Indian Express
17 complaints entertained by HC ICC in a decade, most related to ‘misunderstandings': Justice Prathiba Singh
Maintaining that the Delhi High Court's Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) has entertained 17 complaints in the past decade, Justice Prathiba Singh on Thursday said that 'most of the complaints arise out of misunderstanding or a lack of sensitivity of the terminologies that can be used towards colleagues'. She also said that redressal for sexual harassment complaints need not only cater to women but should cover 'men and all persons with different sexual orientations, so there may be a need for change in the legislation over here'. Justice Singh, the presiding officer of the seven-member committee of the HC's ICC, was speaking at the launch of an integrated online portal that allows for the filing of sexual harassment complaints. The portal not only includes the HC's ICC, but also integrates the ICCs for the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) and the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD). 'The existing ICC of the HC primarily handles complaints against the staff and maybe sometimes against any other person. However, in the working of ICC, we realised there is a big gap that needs to be filled, and that's when we requested the DHCBA and the BCD… and now both have ICCs,' Justice Singh said. 'A collection of data would show that in the last 10 years, 17 complaints have been entertained by the Delhi HC ICC. In (Delhi's) district courts' ICC, there have been about 20-30 complaints… but it doesn't mean there are only that many complaints. There may have been many other women who have not been able to file complaints in a confidential manner. During our experience in the Delhi HC ICC, we realise there is a hesitation among women to physically go and file complaints, which this portal intends to solve,' she added. Sharing patterns of the complaints received by Delhi HC's ICCs, Justice Singh further said, 'One of the biggest things we realised during ICC proceedings was that most of the complaints arise out of misunderstanding or a lack of sensitivity of the terminologies that can be used towards colleagues. Sometimes men or women may use language which may not be acceptable, but they don't know it is not acceptable language. So, sensitisation is one of the best ways this can be (remedied)… Most of the time, it is onlya misunderstanding…' 'The other challenge we faced was the quantum of time ICC had to spend on each of these complaints… Some of the challenges I personally felt… there is a huge amount of time that sitting judges has to spend on ICC complaints as trials take a long time, a large number of staff against whom complaints are filed are governed by CCS (CCA) Rules [Central Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules], and inquiries can be long drawn. We don't know how to solve this problem… we need to find a solution…' 'So, there was a need felt that we should have our own guidelines, which can also be adopted by DHCBA and BCD… A sub-committee was formed to draft those guidelines and they have been finalised,' she added. Delhi HC Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya on Thursday said he has approved the guidelines and the same are expected to be made public soon. Batting for mediation to also be made a part of the initiatives taken to deal with sexual harassment complaints, Justice Singh said, '…a lot of ego issues which colleagues may have with each other… which may have converted into sexual harassment complaints… can get sorted.' Expanding on the ambit of sexual harassment complaints, she added, '…While we are focusing on women filing sexual harassment complaints, the other experience was, several men who face these complaints face it wrongfully… If we don't find anything in the complaint at the preliminary stage itself, we close several complaints… and there could be various extraneous conditions as well, which can lead to the filing of such complaints. The ICC is very conscious while dealing with such complaints… Some complaints are genuine and some are not, and I feel sexual harassment need not be constrained to women complainants but could also be extended to men and all persons with different sexual orientations, so there may be a need for change in the legislation over here.' Justice Kotiswar Singh from the Supreme Court, who was present at the event, said, 'While the POSH Act (Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013) has been understood in most jurisdictions, yet the number of cases being handled varies from HC to HC. Even in SC – I won't go into details as some sensitive cases are being handled – but what I found was that this is particularly confined to the lawyers' community.' 'So, it is a big responsibility of the Delhi Bar Council and Association to see that the redressal mechanism is properly put in place and the mechanism is indeed functional… We also need to sensitise people that certain acts are prohibited, cannot be tolerated… and it is not an easy process,' he added.
