Case: Prof. Rasal Singh v. University of Delhi & Ors. Factual Background The petitioner, serving as the Principal of Ramanujan College, Uni ...
Scope of Appeal under Section 18 POSH Act and Limits of Action for False Complaints under Section 14 – Bombay High Court
Case: XXX v. YYY (Bombay High Court, Goa Bench, 2026) Factual Background The case arose from a complaint of sexual harassment made by a female ...
Scope of Section 14 POSH Act: False Complaints, Instigation, and Limits of ICC Jurisdiction – Bombay High Court
Case Name: Shrinivas Shinde v. Directorate of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (2026) Factual Background The dispute originated from a ...
Distinction Between Workplace Misconduct and Sexual Harassment under Section 354A IPC – Punjab and Haryana High Court
Case: Abhishek Shah v. State of Haryana & Anr. Factual Background The petitioner, a Director of CommerceX Solutions Pvt. Ltd., had employed ...
Bias in Internal Complaints Committee and Misinterpretation of ‘Sexual Harassment’ under the POSH Act – Gujarat High Court
Case Name: X v. Y & Anr. (2026) Factual Background The petitioner, a female employee, approached the High Court challenging the findings of ...
Validity of Domestic Enquiry in Pre POSH Regime – Bombay High Court
Case: GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Suhas Shankar Pagare & Anr. (Bombay High Court, 2026) Factual Background The respondent workm ...
Kerala High Court’s 2026 Sexual Harassment Regulations: An Institutional Framework For Workplace Safety
The notification of the Gender Sensitisation and Sexual Harassment of Women (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Regulations, 2026 by the High Cou ...
Scope of Section 16 POSH Act: Confidentiality vs Fair Hearing
Case: Linson K. Thomas v. Union of India & Ors. (Kerala High Court, 2026) Factual Background The petitioner, an employee of the Food Corpor ...
Non-Compliance with POSH Procedure and Vitiation of ICC Proceedings
Case: X v. Kerala Social Security Mission & Ors. (Kerala High Court, 2026) Factual Background The present writ petition was filed challengi ...
Himachal Pradesh Police Audit POSH Act Compliance
The Himachal Pradesh Police has initiated a statewide audit to assess the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, ...
POSH Act Inquiry Cannot Be Avoided Due to Pending Criminal Case: Gauhati High Court
Case: Aloke Kumar Ghoshal v. IIT Guwahati & Ors. (WP(C)/5959/2022, Gauhati High Court, Feb 2026) Factual Background The petitioner, a Profe ...
Appeal Against Internal Committee Recommendations Lies Before AFT Even in Armed Forces: Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Section 18 POSH Act
Note: The POSH Act refers to the statutory body as the Internal Committee (IC). The judgment uses the expression Internal Complaints Commit ...
Kerala High Court Clarifies Applicability Of POSH Act To Bar Associations
Advs. Sri.S.Sreekumar and Ors. V. The Kollam Bar Association and Ors., WP(C) No. 39539 of 2024 The Kerala High Court has examined the scope and ap ...
Bombay High Court: No Action Permissible Under POSH Act Where Allegation Is Not Proved
Petition The Bombay High Court examined the scope and limits of powers exercised by a Complaints Committee constituted under the Sexual Harass ...
Supreme Court Reviews Nationwide Compliance with the POSH Act
The Supreme Court of India has recently taken stock of the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition ...
Supreme Court Clarifies Jurisdiction of Internal Committees in Inter-Departmental Sexual Harassment Complaints
Date of Judgment: 10 December 2025Case: Dr. Sohail Malik v. Union of India (Civil Appeal No. 404 of 2024)Court: Supreme Court of India Facts o ...
Does the POSH Act protect women advocates? Supreme Court begins hearing on a crucial question
On 21 November 2025, a bench of the Supreme Court of India comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan issued notice to the Union of India ...
UGC Calls for Strengthened Implementation of the POSH law in Higher Educational Institutions
The University Grants Commission has directed all Higher Educational Institutions to strengthen their compliance with the Sexual Harassment of Wo ...
Delhi High Court Upholds JNU’s Decision Allowing Cross-Constituency Voting in Sexual Harassment Committee Elections, Emphasizes Judicial Restraint in Electoral Matters.
Facts of the Case The writ petition was filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by two students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (J ...
Delhi HC Quashes Sexual Harassment Case After Settlement and Undertaking by Accused
Facts of the Case: The Delhi High Court dealt with a petition seeking the quashing of FIR registered on 3rd May 2019 at Bhajanpura Police Stat ...
Delhi HC held that calling a woman “R***i” attacks her sexual dignity and amounts to insulting her modesty under Section 509 IPC
Facts of the Case The petitioner, Vice-Principal of a school in Delhi, alleged that on 5 July 2013 she discovered her attendance record had be ...




















