Amita Verma, a guideline committee member, said the committee had several documents and drafts of guidelines of a number of varsities, and the recommendations were made after the committee had met about 14 times.

``The Supreme Court judgement and the guidelines provide the basic framework around which the committee framed its recommendations,'' claimed Verma. She added that in January, the Indian Association for Women's Studies and the Human Rights programme of Hyderabad university jointly held a national consultation on sexual harassment, whose recommendations were also included in this report.

Having done this, the committee framed a detailed set of guidelines suitable for M S University and also made some general recommendations. ``The arbitrary manner in which the report was rejected is highly ominous because it sets a precedent for handling any further matters related to sexual harassment which may be placed before the syndicate,'' said Verma.