By our Correspondent
Last updated: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:02:06 GMT
Cuttack (Orissa): In a significant development, the High Court has admitted a petition of Gayatri Panda, a suspended women employee of the Legislative Assembly who had brought sexual harassment allegations on former Assembly Speaker Maheswar Mohanty.
Panda has urged the HC to quash the August 7, 2007 order of Orissa Human Rights Commission (OHRC) in which the Commission had given "clean chit" to the political leader saying there was no credible evidence against the former speaker.
Admitting Panda’s petition, HC Bench of Justices I. M. Qudussi and Justice B.P. Ray issued notices to the former Speaker, State Women Commissioner, OHRC, represented through its secretary and to the State government to file counters to the petition. more
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