In the matter of Sonu v. Sonu Yadav & Anr., the Supreme Court on 5th April 2021 set aside the Allahabad High Court decision to grant bail to a ma ...
Punjab & Haryana High Court states that Internal Committees or Local Committees cannot inquire into complaints barred by limitation
In the case of Vivek Tyagi vs. State of Haryana and Ors., Punjab & Haryana High Court on March 22, 2021 held that an Internal Committee or Local ...
There Are a Lot of Smart Phones, Mainly Owned By Not-so-smart People: Delhi High Court Observes
In the matter of Manoj Kumar Baranwal vs. Union Of India And Ors, the Delhi High Court on 23rd March, 2021 held that punishment of reduction of rank ...
Imposing A Major Penalty Of Removal From Service Is Contrary To Regulation 30 Of The Rules, 1986: Telangana High Court
In the matter of Duraisamy Baskaran v. GAIL (India) Limited and Ors., the Telangana High Court on 16th March 2021 set aside the orders of removal by ...
Maharashtra sets up Appellate Authority for POSH Matters
A writ petition was filed before the Bombay High Court under Article 226 by Dasharath Kallappa Bhosale (“Petitioner”) in the matter of Dasharath Kall ...
Celebrating International Women’s Day – 15 Recent Updates Women should Know
Fixing Notional Income of Homemakers, 5th January, 2021 The Supreme Court in the case of Kirti & Anr. vs. Oriental Insurance Company Ltd., was ...
IT Guidelines – Digital Media & Intermediaries: Provisions for Parents to Keep in Mind
Under Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, based on the nature and type of content, foll ...
IT Guidelines – Digital Media & Intermediaries: Provisions on discrimination, online safety from sexual violations & more
Here is a quick summary of the key points under Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021: ...
Time Has Come For Our Society To Understand The Sexual Abuse And Sexual-Harassment And Its Implications On Victims: Rouse Avenue District Courts, New Delhi
In the matter of Mobashar Jawed Akbar v. Priya Ramani, the Court of Shri Ravindra Kumar Pandey, Rouse Avenue District Courts, New  ...
Action Should be Initiated Against Those Who File Frivolous Complaints: Delhi High Court
In Laishram Premila Devi & Ors. vs. The Sate & Ors. and Nirmala Khatri & Ors. vs. The State & Ors., the Delhi High Court on February ...
Supreme Court on flirting with junior officer and suo motu cognizance of conduct
While cases dealing with sexual harassment at workplace continues to surge, the Supreme Court on 16 February, 2021 observed that it is unacceptable t ...
Delhi Court on Priya Ramani and MJ Akbar defamation matter
In what lasted for around two years, the Delhi Court on Feb 1, 2021 decided on the defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani by Mobashar Jawed ...
Quid Pro Quo Form of Sexual Harassment – What is it?
This for That; a common understanding of what quid pro quo would mean. It is important to understand the implications of quid pro quo in the workplac ...
BUDGET 2021 – Highlights in relation to women and children
"The proposals in Part A will further strengthen the Sankalp of Nation First, Doubling Farmer’s Income, Strong Infrastructure, Healthy India, Good Go ...
Does definition of Workplace in POSH Law include Virtual Workplace?
While virtual workplaces have been a boon to industries and companies, the magnitude of this platform has broadened over the past year due to the pan ...
POSH Awareness Through Virtual Trainings
Sexual harassment at workplace has been a growing concern amongst Organizations, regardless of their size. It continues to remain a key hinderance fo ...
High Court of Rajasthan on harassment over digital platform
In the matter of Sanjeev Mishra v. Disciplinary Authority and General Manager, Bank Of Baroda and ors, The High Court of Rajasthan on 11th January, 2 ...
Karnataka Government Inspection on POSH Compliance
This is with respect to an Order of Karnataka State Commission for Women dated 25th Nov 2020 regarding inspection about constitutio ...
Kerala High Court held Law does not contemplate discrimination on basis of sex & deals with sexual harassment only
In the case of Dr. Prasad Pannian vs. The Central University of Kerala & Ors., in High Court of Kerala, dated 2nd December, 2020, the Court held ...
Delhi High Court states that Internal Committee cannot do Moral Policing
Recently, in a judgment dated 16th December 2020, the Delhi High Court, in the case of Bibha Pandey vs Punjab National Bank and Ors. stated that, “Mo ...
Sikkim High Court says Definition of ‘Workplace’ is an inclusive one & not exhaustive one
In the case of Silajit Guha vs. Sikkim University & Ors. on 8th December 2020, a writ petition before HC Sikkim was filed by a professor of Sikki ...