SC Deletes Direction To Ex-NUJS VC To Mention Dismissal Of Sexual Harassment Complaint In His Resume

The Supreme Court has struck down its earlier direction (from September 12, 2025) that Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti, the former Vice-Chancellor of NUJS, include a sexual harassment complaint in his professional records.

The Court said the complaint had been rejected as time-barred under the POSH Act, and no factual investigation was carried out, making the prior order a form of “stigmatic punishment.”

Allowing his expunction application, the Bench held that a public record of the complaint was unwarranted without any merit-based finding.

[Vaneeta Patnaik V Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti & Ors]