India, July 16 -- The Madhya Pradesh high court has imposed a fine of Rs.1 lakh on Lakshmibai National Physical Education University and Rs.35 lakh on the university's former vice chancellor, Dilip Dureha, for workplace sexual harassment, six years after a complaint was filed.

The court also imposed Rs.5 lakh on the police as compensation to the petitioner, a yoga teacher who accused Dureha of touching her several times with wrongful intentions in 2019.

The lecturer had initially complained to the college committee, sports ministry, and local police, but when no action was taken, she moved to the Supreme Court. On the court's direction, a committee was formed to probe the matter. Subsequently, on the orders of the Supreme Court, a case ...