SURENDER SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~61 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 17670/2025, CM APPL. 72994/2025, CM APPL. 72995/2025 SURENDER SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Dr. S S Hooda and Mr. Shaurya Pratap Singh, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rohan Jaitley CGSC, Mr. Dev Pratap Shahi GP and Mr. Varun Pratap Singh, Mr. Yogya Bhatia, Advs. Mr Ajay Pal, Law officer CRPF, Insp Athurv CRPF, Mr Ramniwas Yadav CRPF. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT(ORAL) % 20.11.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. We have heard Dr. Surender Singh Hooda, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Dev Pratap Shahi, learned Counsel for the Respondent 1 to 5, at length. 2. Dr. Hooda has sought to advance various grounds to persuade us to interdict the proceedings presently progressing against his client consequent to an allegation of sexual harassment which has been Signature Not Verified Signed By:GUNN W.P.(C) 17670/2025 Page 1 of 11 Signing Date:24.11.2025 11:23:19 levelled by an officer. An Internal Complaints Committee1 was constituted, which is enquiring into the allegations. 3. Dr. Hooda seeks interdicting of the proceedings being conducted by the ICC apart from other reliefs. 4. The submissions advanced by Mr. Hooda are the following: (i) The complaint raised by the complainant is barred by time. A specific ground has been taken in this regard by the petitioner before the ICC. This aspect should be decided by the ICC as a preliminary issue. For this purpose, Mr. Hooda has placed reliance on para 15 of judgment dated 12 September 2025 of the Supreme Court in X v Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti2. (ii) The ICC is proceeding on the basis of a charge-sheet which stands quashed by the Court by order dated 17 May 2023. This indicates bias on