Why emotional abuse is often ignored
Identifying Emotional Abuse Samriti Makkar Midha, a Mumbai- based clinical psychologist, elaborates on this aspect by saying, "A single event of b ...
19th Nov 2021 – The How & Why of POSH Compliance & Implementation in Current Times
This Program is for Employers (Management, Leaders, HR, L&D, Legal & Compliance Heads who take decisions regarding the implementation of this ...
Tripura High Court: Express Acts of Sexual Harassment not mandatory under POSH Act
In VKR vs. The Union of India and Others, 2022, the Tripura High Court (“Court”) observed that the express mentioning of instances of sexual harassme ...
24th Oct 2021 – Interactive Legal & Psychotherapy Awareness Workshop on Child Sexual Abuse
The statistics of abuse are alarming and it is important to not only understand what actions constitute abuse but also what needs to be done once one ...
22 – 23 Oct 2021 – Train The Trainer Certificate Workshop on POSH
What is the Purpose? To be trained as a trainer to conduct training and awareness programs on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace effectivel ...
Allahabad High Court on sharing of sexually explicit images / videos consensually taken
In the matter of Guruvinder Singh vs. State of UP and Ors.,while rejecting the bail application, the Allahabad High Court (“Court”) on ...
18th Oct 2021 – Onward & Upward – The BIG Morning Show
Samriti Makkar Midha (She/Her) as guest speaker for the Morning Show. Thank you for taking us through how corporate POSH policies and compliances hel ...
Importance Of Service Rules When Dealing With POSH Act
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act and Rules, 2013 (“POSH Law”), though stringent in its efforts ...
Tarun Tejpal Judgement: Reflection on judicial decisions in sexual assault cases against women and way forward
The controversial Tarun Tejpal case has become the most sensational case of alleged rape and sexual assault at the workplace. The 527-page long judgm ...
Zero FIR: Right of a citizen to file FIR at any nearest police station irrespective of territorial jurisdiction
The First Information Report (“FIR”) is the first and the earliest information of the occurrence of an offence which must be registered and investiga ...
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and POSH Act: A comparison
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its 2014 judgement of NALSA v. Union of India expounded the reading of Article 21 of the Constitution of India ...
Guidelines issued by Bombay High Court on POSH Matters: Legal Analysis
On 24th September 2021, in the case of P vs. A & Ors., (“Order”) the Bombay High Court held that in the interest of protecting parties against di ...
Sexual Harassment, Taliban & Afghanistan: An analysis
As we know, the Taliban regime, took control of Kabul in August 2021. The Taliban has said that under the Taliban's newly established government, wom ...
Sexual Harassment & Self-Destructing Messages: Challenges & Evidence
Self-Destructing Messages / Apps or ephemeral messages are those messages which “disappear” once the recipient of such message has seen or read the m ...
Dissemination of POSH policy in the Virtual Workspace
With the overnight overhaul of the physical workplace for a virtual workspace, many workplace practices have had to be re-imagined and adjusted. One ...
24 – 25 Sept 2021 – Certification Workshop for Expertise on POSH
POSH Law has seen several updates in the last couple of months. As a capacity building exercise and with a mission to update and train Internal Commi ...
Mumbai Police sets up Nirbhaya Squad
As per Circular No. 7 (S. No./C.P/Reader/Circular/241/2021 - Circular on Nirbhaya Squad and Project “Saksham”) dated 14th September 2021 of Governmen ...
Sexual Harassment Laws and Malaysia
1). How is Sexual Harassment viewed in Malaysia? In Malaysia, the Federal Constitution recognizes ‘life’ as a value which should be treated with u ...
Sexual Harassment at Workplace in Singapore
In the first nationwide survey on workplace sexual harassment in Singapore, conducted by the Association of Women for Action and Research’s (AWARE) a ...
Madras High Court observed that Misunderstandings, Personal Feuds, etc. at Workplace do not constitute Sexual Harassment
On 25th August 2021, in the case of Mary Rajasekaran vs. University of Madras and Ors., while hearing clubbed petitions, Madras High Court held that ...
7 Sept 2021 – The How & Why of POSH Compliance & Implementation in Current Times
This Program is for Employers (Management, Leaders, HR, L&D, Legal & Compliance Heads who take decisions regarding the implementation of this ...
