New Delhi: A Senior Income Tax Commissioner – Sanjay Srivastava – become the first income tax commissioner to be sentenced to jail for contempt by the Delhi High Court. Mr Srivastava has been sentenced to 15 days in jail by a division bench of the court in its order dated 17.01.2014.
Mr. Sanjay Srivastava had been accused of sexually harassing some of his female colleagues by making lewd and sexist comments. Despite being found guilty by the court and ordered to stop making these comments, Mr Srivastava continued to do so. A division bench has found him guilty of contempt and sentenced him to jail.
In separate cases, the two female colleagues have filed police complaints against Mr Srivastava and that case is pending in the trial court.
Source- NDTV-
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