Summary:
Chennai, Oct 22 (PTI): The Madras High Court on Friday ordered maintaining status-quo vis-a-vis the proceedings initiated against a suspended Special DGP in a sexual harassment case before the Internal Complaints Committee set up by the Tamil Nadu government earlier.
The State government alleged before the court that the official concerned was adopting tactics to drag the case.
Justice C Saravanan granted the temporary relief for four weeks while passing interim orders on a writ petition from the accused challenging the reports of the panel.
Also, the judge directed the government to file its reply by then.
Following a complaint from a woman IPS officer on February 22 this year, who was allegedly sexually harassed by the suspended special DGP, the ICC was formed to inquire into the allegations.
The second accused was D Kannan, then SP of Chengalpattu, who had allegedly prevented the woman officer from going to Chennai to lodge a complaint with the DGP on that day.