India, Jan. 23 -- The Bombay High Court has set aside a Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) order that had recommended action against the management of a prominent city-based educational institute for allegedly ignoring complaints of sexual harassment by two women professors.

A division bench of justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande struck down the MSHRC's April 2021 order, primarily on the ground of breach of principles of natural justice, as it was passed without issuing notice to or hearing the management.

According to one of the complainants, she worked as an assistant professor at the college in 2003-04 and faced repeated harassment by the then principal. She alleged that the principal touched her inappropria...