Functioning Of Local Committees Under The Sexual Harassment Of Women At Workplace Act
4 years, 5 months ago

Functioning Of Local Committees Under The Sexual Harassment Of Women At Workplace Act

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Vishaka Guidelines The legal recourse on the issue of sexual harassment in India came only in the 1990s, though the country signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on 30 July 1980 and ratified it on 9 July 1993. Banka, R : "Delhi High Court Sets Aside LCC's Order on Sexual Harassment Complaint," Hindustan Times, 6 February, https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/delhi-high-court -sets-aside-lcc-s-order-on-sexual-harassment-complaint/story-GhTqBORhMOy8SWUczabBBP.html. Chaudhuri, P : "Sexual Harassment at Workplace: Experiences of Women in the Health Sector," Health and Population Innovation Fellowship Programme Working Paper, No 1, Population Council, New Delhi. — : "80 Per Cent Women in Low-income Jobs in Hyderabad Face Sexual Harassment at Work," New Indian Express, 2 March, https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2020/mar/02/80-per-cent-women-in-low-income-jobs-in-hyderabad-face-sexual-harassment-at-work-2110868.html. Sharma, R : "47% of Indian Women Find Sexual Harassment at Workplace Big Issue," Business Insider India, 4 November, http://www.businessinsider.in/47-Of-Indian-Women-Find-Sexual-Harassment-At-The-Workplace-A-Big-Issue/articleshow/45070664.cms.

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Sexual Harassment At Workplace | Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Security Of Tenure & Protection For ICC Members In Private Workspaces
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Sexual Harassment At Workplace | Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Security Of Tenure & Protection For ICC Members In Private Workspaces

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notice in a public interest litigation seeking security of tenure and protection from retaliation for members of Internal Complaints Committees in private workplaces.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order, seeking response. The Supreme Court today issued notice in a public interest litigation seeking security of tenure and protection from retaliation …

Redesign POSH law for the informal sector
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Redesign POSH law for the informal sector

Hindustan Times  

In the recent assembly elections, we were once again inundated with information about how much of a difference the women’s vote made to the outcome. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace 2013 Act, in its present form, has only the local committee mechanism to deal with workplace abuse for informal workers. Female agricultural workers face severe exploitation and violence …

High Court Issues Notice on Plea for Early Hearing in Sexual Harassment Case Against Brij Bhushan Singh
2 months ago

High Court Issues Notice on Plea for Early Hearing in Sexual Harassment Case Against Brij Bhushan Singh

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on an application filed by BJP leader Brij Bhushan Singh seeking early hearing in his petition for quashing of the FIR, chargesheet as well as framing of charges against him in the sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers. Singh has challenged the FIR, chargesheet as well as all the trial court proceedings …

Over 10k institutions register for women’s safety at workplaces in Kerala
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Over 10k institutions register for women’s safety at workplaces in Kerala

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a step towards ensuring women’s safety at workplaces, Minister for Health and Woman & Child Development Veena George has announced that over 10,307 institutions have registered through the POSH Act Compliance Portal. As per the law, all workplaces having more than 10 employees, whether permanent or temporary, must have ICCs to safeguard women from workplace harassment. Establishment heads …

Odisha Asks Colleges, Varsities To Form Panel For Addressing Sexual Harassment Complaints
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Odisha Asks Colleges, Varsities To Form Panel For Addressing Sexual Harassment Complaints

News 18  

The Higher Education Department of Odisha has directed all the private and government universities and colleges to constitute an Internal Complaints Committee to address sexual harassment complaints. In its letter to the registrars of all the universities and deemed universities, and principals of the degree colleges on Monday, the department noted that all the Higher Educational Institutions must provide a …

Sexual harassment in Karnataka film industry: KFCC to convene meet with women artistes on Sept 16 in Bengaluru
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Sexual harassment in Karnataka film industry: KFCC to convene meet with women artistes on Sept 16 in Bengaluru

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce has called for a meeting with women artistes to discuss sexual and other abuse prevalent in the industry on September 16, a top office-bearer said on Friday. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The meeting has been convened after the Karnataka State Commission for Women asked the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce to do so. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} …

Hema Commission report reveals rampant sexual harassment of women in the Malayalam film industry
4 months ago

Hema Commission report reveals rampant sexual harassment of women in the Malayalam film industry

Hindustan Times  

The Justice Hema Commission report on the systemic abuse of women in the Malayalam film industry was released by the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government on Monday. Critics said the government had been aware of the report's troubling content for five years but failed to take any action to address the issues faced by women in the industry. The opposition Congress …

Women face sexual harassment, abuse in Mollywood, reveals judicial panel report
4 months ago

Women face sexual harassment, abuse in Mollywood, reveals judicial panel report

Hindustan Times  

Women artists and actors in the Malayalam film industry were routinely asked for sexual favours in exchange for opportunities, told to compromise, dealt with force exhibited by their male colleagues and threatened with bans if they attempted to sue, a landmark report on working conditions of women movie professionals in Kerala said on Monday. The justice Hema committee report was …

Fear of the Known: Four Women Are Raped Every Hour in India. In 95% Cases, It’s Someone They Know
4 months, 1 week ago

Fear of the Known: Four Women Are Raped Every Hour in India. In 95% Cases, It’s Someone They Know

News 18  

India reported 86 cases of rapes daily on an average between 2017 and 2022 and, in 82 cases, the rapist was known to the woman, official data analysed by News18 shows. On an average, every day at least one woman faces sexual harassment at work or in office premises, NCRB data shows. Since 2014, NCRB started collecting data regarding sexual …

India reported over 400 sexual harassment at work cases every year from 2018 to 2022: Report
4 months, 1 week ago

India reported over 400 sexual harassment at work cases every year from 2018 to 2022: Report

Hindustan Times  

India has consistently reported more than 400 sexual harassment at work cases every year from 2018 to 2022, according to a Business Standard report, which cited data from the National Crime Records Bureau. Companies reported 1,160 sexual harassment complaints in the financial year 2022-23, the highest number in the past decade The average number of cases reported yearly in this …

Over 400 Workplace Sexual Harassment Cases Reported Annually Since 2018: Report
4 months, 1 week ago

Over 400 Workplace Sexual Harassment Cases Reported Annually Since 2018: Report

ABP News  

India has reported more than 400 cases of workplace sexual harassment annually since 2018, with an average of 445 cases each year, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau. In that year, Himachal Pradesh reported the highest number of workplace sexual harassment cases at 97, followed by Kerala with 83 cases, Maharashtra with 46, and Karnataka with 43. …

BJP functionary booked for harassing female hotel manager
5 months, 1 week ago

BJP functionary booked for harassing female hotel manager

The Hindu  

The Coimbatore District Police have registered a case against a local functionary of the BJP on charges of harassing a female manager of a bar at Karumathampatti. The police said the case was registered against Ashok Kumar, who was a functionary of BJP’s government liaison wing, based on the complaint of the woman. According to the police, the woman works …

Prajwal Revanna sex scandal: Another rape case against JD(S) MP
7 months, 1 week ago

Prajwal Revanna sex scandal: Another rape case against JD(S) MP

The Hindu  

It has now come to light that the Special Investigation Team, probing alleged multiple instances of sexual abuse by Prajwal Revanna, has invoked Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code for rape against the “absconding” Hassan MP in the first FIR registered against him on April 28, a day after he flew out of the country to Germany. Two other …

Prajwal Revanna Sex Scandal: Woman Forced to File Fake Complaint, says NCW
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Prajwal Revanna Sex Scandal: Woman Forced to File Fake Complaint, says NCW

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: No victim has come forward to register a complaint against Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna, and one woman complainant who reached out to the women's body alleged that she was forced to register a fake complaint against the JD leader, the NCW said on Thursday. "One woman complainant came to the commission to register a complaint against three individuals …

Spotlight On Implementation And Enforcement Of POSH Law
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Spotlight On Implementation And Enforcement Of POSH Law

Live Law  

In its recent judgment in Aureliano Fernandes vs. State of Goa and Others, the Supreme Court of India, observed that even after a decade of the prevention of sexual harassment law being formulated – the implementation and enforcement is still inadequate. The SC referred to a newspaper report which revealed that – 'out of 30 national sports federations in the …

It is a blight on Kalakshetra Foundation to have not addressed sexual harassment complaints promptly: Madras High Court
10 months ago

It is a blight on Kalakshetra Foundation to have not addressed sexual harassment complaints promptly: Madras High Court

The Hindu  

It is a blight on Kalakshetra Foundation to have not addressed effectively and promptly the allegations of sexual harassment of students, the Madras High Court has said. It ordered immediate consideration of recommendations made by an independent inquiry committee headed by former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge K. Kannan. The judge pointed out that the Chennai-based Kalakshetra Foundation, governed …

28,811 complaints of crimes against women received in 2023, over 50% from U.P.: NCW data
11 months, 3 weeks ago

28,811 complaints of crimes against women received in 2023, over 50% from U.P.: NCW data

The Hindu  

The National Commission for Women registered 28,811 complaints of crime against women last year and about 55% were from Uttar Pradesh. The highest number of complaints were received in the right to dignity category that involves harassment other than domestic violence and it stood at 8,540, according to NCW data. Dowry harassment complaints stood at 4,797, molestation complaints at 2,349, …

The stickiness of sexual harassment
1 year ago

The stickiness of sexual harassment

Hindustan Times  

To understand how little has changed for women fighting workplace sexual harassment consider how the year began, and how it is drawing to a close. January began with a wintery and unprecedented public protest by India’s most decorated wrestlers against alleged sexual harassment by their federation chief. Then, last week, a dramatic open letter by a junior woman judge asking …

Cannot excuse sexual violence against women in Manipur on ground that crimes are committed against them in other parts of country: Supreme Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Cannot excuse sexual violence against women in Manipur on ground that crimes are committed against them in other parts of country: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday said the “systemic” and “unprecedented magnitude” of sexual violence committed against women in Manipur amidst ethnic clashes cannot be excused on the ground that crimes happened to women in other parts of the country too. “You cannot excuse what is taking place in Manipur now on the ground that such crimes are happening to several …

Sexual Harassment At Workplace : Delhi Court Pulls Up Standard Chartered Bank For Lapses In ICC Inquiry; Laments Lack Of Awareness About POSH Act
1 year, 4 months ago

Sexual Harassment At Workplace : Delhi Court Pulls Up Standard Chartered Bank For Lapses In ICC Inquiry; Laments Lack Of Awareness About POSH Act

Live Law  

The Industrial Tribunal of Delhi recently criticised the Standard Chartered Bank for procedural lapses in handling a sexual harassment complaint in compliance of Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace Act, 2013. Considering the submissions, the Tribunal opined that, “This practice adopted by Internal Committee is totally against principles of natural justice and any anonymous witness cannot be permitted to be …

Scope of Anti-sexual Harassment Law Not Limited to Cases in Same Department: HC
1 year, 5 months ago

Scope of Anti-sexual Harassment Law Not Limited to Cases in Same Department: HC

News 18  

The Delhi High Court has held that there is ”absolutely nothing” that limits the scope of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 to cases where a woman employee is sexually harassed by another employee working in her own office or department, but also extends to cases where the delinquent employee is employed elsewhere. ”There is absolutely nothing …

Victim Can Invoke PoSH Act When Sexually Harassed By Man Working In Department Other Than Her Own: Delhi High Court
1 year, 5 months ago

Victim Can Invoke PoSH Act When Sexually Harassed By Man Working In Department Other Than Her Own: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the scope of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 or PoSH Act is not limited to cases where a woman employee is sexually harassed by another employee working in her own office or department but also extends to cases where the delinquent employee is employed elsewhere.Analyzing the statute and its. The …

BCCI to create new committee to restructure its Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Policy
1 year, 6 months ago

BCCI to create new committee to restructure its Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Policy

The Hindu  

The Board of Control for Cricket in India will soon create a new committee to help restructure its Prevention Of Sexual Harassment policy. In the Special General Meeting in Ahmedabad on Saturday, it was decided that joint secretary Devajit Saikia and treasurer Ashish Shelar, both senior legal professionals, will work in tandem with the Board’s legal team to formalise the …

Workplace Harassment, Rape Complaints to Maha Women Commission See 140% Jump in 5 Years: RTI
1 year, 7 months ago

Workplace Harassment, Rape Complaints to Maha Women Commission See 140% Jump in 5 Years: RTI

News 18  

A Right to Information query has revealed that women’s complaints related to crime has increased by 140% in the last five years. Data by the Maharashtra State Commission for Women shows pending action on 6,659 complaints in 2017-18, which increased to 16,012 in 2022-23. The commission gave no response to the query of Mumbai-based RTI activist Jeetendra Ghadge regarding action …

Here's how working women can avoid sexual harassment
1 year, 7 months ago

Here's how working women can avoid sexual harassment

Deccan Chronicle  

Facing sexual harassment at the workplace and indifference from the internal committee for such issues in your organisation? Working women, who fall prey to sexual harassment at workplaces can now avail of all the ‘sahas’ they need to put their harassers behind bars. The Women Safety Wing of the Telangana state police is all set to launch SAHAS — an …

Lessons From Kalakshetra Row: How the ICC Let Its Students Down
1 year, 8 months ago

Lessons From Kalakshetra Row: How the ICC Let Its Students Down

The Quint  

Why did protests at Kalakshetra Foundation, which started with students registering their dissent on social media, flare up and spill over onto the campus? A part of the answer lies in the fact that the college's Internal Complaints Committee – set up as per the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act – failed to do its job not on one, but …

Why The Workplace Sexual Harassment Law In India Is Focused On Women?
1 year, 9 months ago

Why The Workplace Sexual Harassment Law In India Is Focused On Women?

Live Law  

At outset, I would like to clarify the nowhere the article is in denial of the fact that individuals not assigned female sex at birth and those who do not identify themselves as women are not victims of workplace sexual harassment. However, the article is an attempt to explain reasons for India having a workplace sexual harassment law for women. …

[POSH Act] Institutions Can’t Escape Liability For Dragging On Sensitive Sexual Harassment Complaints: Delhi HC Imposes 1 Lakh Cost
1 year, 10 months ago

[POSH Act] Institutions Can’t Escape Liability For Dragging On Sensitive Sexual Harassment Complaints: Delhi HC Imposes 1 Lakh Cost

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has observed that institutions cannot escape the liability for dragging on sensitive sexual harassment complaints under Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace Act and that management and authorities must behave in a responsible manner. Observing that constitution of the Internal Complaint Committee is of utmost importance in such cases, Justice Prathiba M Singh said: “Adjudication …

5 Ways to Fight Sexual Harassment at Workplace
2 years ago

5 Ways to Fight Sexual Harassment at Workplace

News 18  

Sexual harassment at workplace is a serious issue and it’s a criminal offence as per law. According a recent study done by United Nations’ International Labour Organisation, more than one in five people) experienced violence and harassment at work place of physical, psychological or sexual nature. The sexual harassment at workplace includes a demand or request for sexual favours, making …

Metaverse As Workplace: Employment Issues
2 years, 2 months ago

Metaverse As Workplace: Employment Issues

Live Law  

The way we work has undoubtedly changed, initiated first by technological developments and later by the COVID-19 pandemic. Data Protection And Privacy Concerns If Metaverse offices were to increase, employers with virtual offices which resemble physical ones and access to remote employees would expand the possibility of outsourcing work. Given that technologies will become increasingly integrated into multiple aspects of …

DCW seeks strict implementation of law against sexual harassment of women at workplace
2 years, 3 months ago

DCW seeks strict implementation of law against sexual harassment of women at workplace

India TV News  

Highlights Notices were issued to all the district magistrates in Delhi seeking specific information. The Delhi Commission for Women has recently put forward a report about various 'lapses' in the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace law to the Delhi government. It said the low number of complaints registered could also be due to a lack of …

Colleges Lack Functional Complaint Committee, Demand for Stricter ICC Implementation as Harassment Cases Rise
2 years, 4 months ago

Colleges Lack Functional Complaint Committee, Demand for Stricter ICC Implementation as Harassment Cases Rise

News 18  

Despite the closure of colleges and universities due to Covid-19, the number of sexual harassment complaints is yet to see a downward trend. Year Cases Reported in College Cases Reported in Universities Total Cases Reported 2016-17 18 86 104 2017-18 39 149 188 2018-19 4 75 79 2019-20 54 245 299 2020-21 51 52 103 Reported cases, however, are just …

India: Why justice eludes many Dalit survivors of sexual violence
2 years, 6 months ago

India: Why justice eludes many Dalit survivors of sexual violence

Al Jazeera  

While official data shows spike in sexual crimes against oppressed caste women, report says access to justice is limited, especially in rural areas. “When I interact with the police, they say it was the victim’s fault.” In most cases, an FIR was registered only after the intervention of NGOs and activists, the report said. “They don’t write the story completely …

Sexual harassment: Woman advocate’s letter goes viral in social media
2 years, 7 months ago

Sexual harassment: Woman advocate’s letter goes viral in social media

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: A letter from a woman junior advocate, addressed to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Family Court here complaining of sexual harassment by additional fast-track court public prosecutor Bellam Prathap, has gone viral in social media. I am facing sexual harassment at the hands of this public prosecutor and I have opposed his advances several times.” She also stated …

KHCAA To Consider Resolution Seeking Constitution Of Internal Committee To Redress Sexual Harassment Grievances Of Women Lawyers
2 years, 9 months ago

KHCAA To Consider Resolution Seeking Constitution Of Internal Committee To Redress Sexual Harassment Grievances Of Women Lawyers

Live Law  

The General Body of the Kerala High Court Advocates' Association convened a meeting today afternoon primarily to discuss the resolution moved by Advocate Boby M. Sekhar and 117 other members regarding the constitution of an Internal Committee for redressal of complaints of sexual harassment against women within the Association. In the resolution, it was highlighted that the Sexual Harassment of …

Political Parties Not Bound To Establish Internal Complaints Committee Under POSH Act : Kerala High Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Political Parties Not Bound To Establish Internal Complaints Committee Under POSH Act : Kerala High Court

Live Law  

In a significant decision, the Kerala High Court on Thursday observed that political parties are not legally liable to establish Internal Complaints Commitee as per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 since there is no employer-employee relationship among its members. The observation came in the PIL moved by the Centre for Constitutional Rights Research and Advocacy seeking …

Amendment to police rules against harassing LGBTQIA+
2 years, 10 months ago

Amendment to police rules against harassing LGBTQIA+

The Hindu  

The State government has amended the Tamil Nadu Subordinate Police Officers’ Conduct Rules to include a provision, directing police officers against indulging in any act of harassment of persons belonging to the LGBTQIA + Community. A recent amendment to the said rules included a new provision as Rule 24-C as per which, “No police officer shall indulge in any act …

Fallacious sexual harassment allegations harm women empowerment, says Delhi HC
2 years, 10 months ago

Fallacious sexual harassment allegations harm women empowerment, says Delhi HC

India Today  

While setting aside an FIR registered by Delhi Police under Sections 354A and 506 of the Indian Penal Code against an assistant professor of Delhi University, the Delhi High Court said this merely trivialises the offence of sexual harassment and casts doubt on the veracity of the allegations filed by every other victim who has, in reality, faced sexual harassment. …

Bombay HC issues new guidelines for sexual harassment at workplace cases | Read here
3 years, 2 months ago

Bombay HC issues new guidelines for sexual harassment at workplace cases | Read here

India TV News  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued guidelines for cases under the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act and Rules. Here are some new guidelines issued by the High Court In the order sheets, the names of the parties will not be mentioned. Except for the Court Master/Associate or Sheristedar and the stenographer or person providing secretarial assistance, …

Examining A Sexual Harassment Complaint
3 years, 2 months ago

Examining A Sexual Harassment Complaint

Live Law  

The foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world roots from the recognition of inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all the members of the human family. showing pornography; or v. any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature; This progressive POSH Act, provides for protection and redressal of complaints of sexual …

BCCI's sexual harassment policy brings India players to its purview
3 years, 3 months ago

BCCI's sexual harassment policy brings India players to its purview

India TV News  

The BCCI on Monday ratified a comprehensive Prevention of Sexual Harassment policy which also brings the Indian cricketers into its ambit. In a nine-page document in possession of PTI, the BCCI states that a four member Internal Committee will be formed to investigate sexual harassment complaints. "1 member of the IC will be selected from a Non-Governmental Organization or association …

'Desire Of Aggrieved Woman To Not Pursue Sexual Harassment Case Must Be Respected': Calcutta High Court Stalls Proceedings Against University Professor
3 years, 3 months ago

'Desire Of Aggrieved Woman To Not Pursue Sexual Harassment Case Must Be Respected': Calcutta High Court Stalls Proceedings Against University Professor

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday observed that if a woman refuses to press sexual harassment charges and gives it in writing to the members of the Internal Complaints Committee, the her decision must be respected. In the instant case, the petitioner who is professor in the University of Burdwan had moved the High Court challenging the order of debarment …

Tamil Nadu Schools Directed To Install Complaint Boxes To File Sexual Harassment Cases
3 years, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu Schools Directed To Install Complaint Boxes To File Sexual Harassment Cases

ABP News  

Chennai: Tamil Nadu school education department has directed all the schools to install complaint boxes in their premises to receive sexual harassment complaints from girl students. According to a Times of India report, a letter from K Jeyalalitha, deputy secretary of the school education department, to the commissioner of the school education said that the court observed that the female …

'Men's Lives Matter': Law Students Move Supreme Court Seeking 'Gender Neutral' Provisions On Sexual Offences
3 years, 4 months ago

'Men's Lives Matter': Law Students Move Supreme Court Seeking 'Gender Neutral' Provisions On Sexual Offences

Live Law  

Two law students have moved the Supreme Court seeking directions for reconsideration and amendment of provisions under the Indian Penal Code relating to sexual offences against women, to make them 'gender neutral'. Saying that "Men's Lives Matter", the petitioners have sought directions to reconsider the laws for offences against women under IPC including Sexual Harassment Rape criminal intimidation Insulting the …

Can India's Supreme Court Ride out the Pegasus Scandal?
3 years, 5 months ago

Can India's Supreme Court Ride out the Pegasus Scandal?

The Quint  

Bhanwari’s tears ensured that the cry of India’s women for a safe workplace reverberated in India’s highest Court. The Court did not disappoint and its landmark guidelines on addressing sexual harassment at the workplace laid down in Vishakha’s Case ensured that an issue, hitherto brushed under the carpet, was mainstreamed into India’s public life. The Court had exercised its inherent …

Allyship, representation and queer pride
3 years, 5 months ago

Allyship, representation and queer pride

New Indian Express  

Similarly, within the ambits of our legal system, advocates Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy are arguing a case to legalise same-sex marriage in India. The petition however, stops with same-sex two-partner unions—not recognising that gender non-confirming or non-binary people are left out of its ambit, while transpersons are still struggling for recognition of their gender under the Transgender Persons Act, …

Sexual Harassment: Supreme Court Debars Advocate's Clerk From Entering Its Precincts For Three Months
3 years, 10 months ago

Sexual Harassment: Supreme Court Debars Advocate's Clerk From Entering Its Precincts For Three Months

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has prohibited an Advocate's Clerk from entering its precincts for a period of three months, after he was found guilty of Sexual Harassment in an internal enquiry. In a notice to this effect, issued by the Gender Sensitization Internal Complaints Committee of the Supreme Court, it is stated that the clerk, Ashok Saini, is debarred from entering …

Same-Gender Sexual Harassment Complaints Maintainable Under POSH Act : Calcutta High Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Same-Gender Sexual Harassment Complaints Maintainable Under POSH Act : Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

In a significant verdict, the Calcutta High Court has held that same-gender complaints are maintainable under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013, commonly referred to as the POSH Act.The Court observed that Section 2 of the 2013 Act shows that the term "respondent" brings within its fold "a person", thereby including persons. In a significant verdict, the …

Non-Constitution Of Internal Committee Under POSH Act In Violation Of Mandate Under Indian Laws; Delhi Court Punishes Srilankan Airlines
3 years, 11 months ago

Non-Constitution Of Internal Committee Under POSH Act In Violation Of Mandate Under Indian Laws; Delhi Court Punishes Srilankan Airlines

Live Law  

A Delhi court recently convicted SriLankan Airlines, holding them in violation of the Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act, 2013.Dev Saroha, Metropolitan Magistrate, Patiala House Courts, Delhi, while answering the question of whether the Company had an internal committee as mandated under section 4 of the Act, functioning in Delhi division or in India. Dev Saroha, Metropolitan Magistrate, Patiala House Courts, …

"ICC Can't Comment On Personal Conduct Of Parties": Delhi High Court Shuns Moral Policing By Internal Committee In Cases Of Sexual Harassment At Workplace
4 years ago

"ICC Can't Comment On Personal Conduct Of Parties": Delhi High Court Shuns Moral Policing By Internal Committee In Cases Of Sexual Harassment At Workplace

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court in a progressive judgment delivered on a writ petition by a female employee of Punjab National Bank has held that the jurisdiction of Internal Complaints Committee established under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013, is limited to allegations of sexual harassment and whether a complaint is made out or not, to that effect. …

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