SIDDHESH PRADEEP SATPUTE vs STATE BANK OF INDIA

sr.12-wp-1213-2024.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1213 OF 2024 Siddhesh Pradeep Satpute .. Petitioner Versus TRUSHA TUSHAR State Bank of India & Ors. .. Respondents MOHITE 2. CORAM: SUMAN SHYAM & FIRDOSH P. POONIWALLA, JJ. RESERVED ON : MAY 4, 2026. PRONOUNCED ON : JUNE 16, 2026 Oral Judgement (Per Firdosh P. Pooniwalla J.) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith with the consent of the Petitioner and Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 and heard finally. 2. Respondent No.3, though served, has not appeared. 3. This Writ Petition has been filed challenging the Order dated 29 th August, 2023 passed by Respondent No.2 purporting to act under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Mansi Shelke 1/15 sr.12-wp-1213-2024.doc Act, 2013. (hereinafter referred to as “the Sexual Harassment Act”) FACTS 4. The facts, as stated in the Writ Petition, are as under :- a) The Petitioner is working in the State Bank of India since the last 14 years. b) The Petitioner was residing at Navi Mumbai and in order to travel to the bank which is situated at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) at Bandra, Mumbai, the P