Rule 7 of POSH Rules are to be compiled with, give time to respond: Madras HC
A Writ Petition was filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for quashing of statements of witnesses and directing the respondent ...
Sexually Provocative Dress Dilutes a Sexual Harassment Complaint: Sessions Court in Kerala (Kozhikode)
The Application was under Section 438 CrPC (Anticipatory Bail). The complainant alleged that the accused caught her hand, forcefully took her to a lo ...
POSH Act complaint mechanism works in coordination with CDA Rules: Calcutta HC
This writ petition has been filed seeking a writ of mandamus to set aside the penalty order. The petitioner joined service as a Junior Executive ...
Investigation report of Sexual harassment allegations against Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (New York)
Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of New York, had been accused of sexual harassment by multiple women starting in December 2020, when Lindsey B ...
Sri Lanka & Sexual Harassment Laws
In June, 2021 Sri Lanka Journalism sector was hit by a Sexual Harassment Controversy. Several female journalists sparked a #MeToo style social media ...
Sexual Harassment at Workplace and Bangladesh
A survey jointly conducted by the National Girlchild Advocacy Forum, Plan Bangladesh and Girls Advocacy Alliance from March 8, 2020 to June 30, 2020 ...
Sexual Harassment at Workplace Law in U.K.
The U.K. government had set out a proposal in 2021 to strengthen legal protection against sexual harassment in the workplace, indicating that a legis ...
Allahabad HC denies bail to lawyer accused of sexually harassing law student
A Bail Application under Sec-439 CR.PC. was filed for seeking enlargement on Bail during the trial with the case under offences punishable under Indi ...
Bombay HC: Leave for Appeal against Tarun Tejpal’s Acquittal Order Allowed
Previously, Tarun Tejpal, the editor-in-chief of the Tehelka magazine, was accused of sexually assaulting his then colleague in the elevator of Bambo ...
Bombay High Court: Privacy Guidelines for POSH Cases is Case-Specific
The Bombay High Court (“Court”), on 17th March 2022, issued a subsequent order to its order dated 24th September 2021, in the judgment of the P vs A ...
Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association to Constitute Internal Complaints Committee under the POSH Act, 2013
The resolution moved by Boby M Sekhar and as many as 117 other members seeking the constitution of an Internal Complaints Committee (“ICC”) as mandat ...
Bombay High Court: No Blanket Application of Maintaining Party Confidentiality in POSH Cases
The Bombay High Court, on 24th September 2021, in the case of the P vs A & Ors, 2021 coherently laid down a set a guidelines condemning the discl ...
Kerala High Court: Political Parties Not Required to Have an ICC under POSH
The Kerala High Court (“Court”), on 17th March 2022, in the judgment of Centre for Constitutional Rights Research and Advocacy vs State of Kerala &am ...
Kerala High Court: Film Production Units are Required to Constitute an ICC under POSH Act
The Kerala High Court (“Court”), on 17th March, 2022, through the judgment of Women In Cinema Collective vs State Of Kerala, 2022 held that there did ...
Effective implementation of the POSH Act in Kerala
The petition was brought forward for the effective implementation of provisions of Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redres ...
Kerala High Court Calls For Prompt Re-Constitution Of LCC Under Upon Expiry of It’s Term
A Writ Petition, Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in Kerala High Court for directing the concerned authorities to take steps to reconstitut ...
Supreme Court says ‘Courts Should Avoid Hyper-Technical Interpretation of Service Rules’
On 3rd December, 2021, in the case of Union of India vs. M, (“case”), it was held by the Supreme Court of India that courts should avoid hyper-techni ...
Supreme Court said that Madhya Pradesh Judge had not resigned voluntarily
On 9th December 2021, in the case of Ms X vs Registrar General, High Court of Madhya Pradesh and another, it was held by the Supreme Court that ...
UGC issues advisory for Gender Sensitization Training in colleges and universities
In his reply to the Rajya Sabha on 9th February 2022, Minister of State of Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar wrote that the University Grants Commission ( ...
Maharashtra State Women Commission – Surprise Visits to be conducted in Offices to Check Compliance with Sexual Harassment Guidelines
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (“POSH Act”) makes it mandatory for offices having 10 o ...
Provisions of special law (POSH Act) would prevail over general law (Service Rules) if special law has differing provisions: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court, on 9th September 2021, in the case of AP Vs. The Gauhati High Court and Ors. held that in sexual harassment proceedings, prov ...
