HC quashes summons against ex-DU college principal in suicide abetment case

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Justice Amit Sharma's observation came while quashing a trial court order summoning the former principal of B R Ambedkar College of Delhi University and a senior assistant working in the principal's office in a 2013 case of abetment to suicide of a woman staffer of the college.

The Delhi High Court said decisions of a person holding a certain position may be harsh and impact an employee but they cannot be held liable for abetting a staffer's suicide in the absence of criminal intent.

"A person holding a certain post, whether in a private sector or a public sector, in the course of duties has to take certain decisions which at times can be harsh causing hardship to an employee," the judge wrote in his October 29 order.