Supreme Court on ‘External Member’ of IC and Transfer of Complainant
Recently, in the case of Punjab Sind Bank & Ors (“Bank”) vs. Durgesh Kunwar (“Respondent”), decided by the Supreme Court of India on External Mem ...
Delhi High Court passes interim order – Company to pay amount to complainant for alleged wrongful termination after sexual harassment complaint
Recently, in an interim order dated 10th February, 2020, the Delhi High Court in the case of Ms. Fauzia Rubbani v/s Delhi Woman Commission and Ors. di ...
Supreme Court on application of service rules and termination of Respondent based on IC’s report
Recently, in a judgment dated 28th January, 2020, the Supreme Court (“SC“), in the case of Vijayakumaran C.P.V. (“Appellant”) v/s Central University o ...
Goa High Court on reconstitution of IC as per Regulations & quashing of inquiry report prepared by defective IC
In a judgment dated 16th January, 2020, the Goa High Court in the case of Ruchika Kedia vs. The Internal Complaints, Goa Institute of Management and o ...
Registration of IC members in Telangana
As per the Telangana State Government notification (attached), the details of the ICs have to be registered by the organization through the web porta ...
Registration of IC in Mumbai District
This registration of the IC members is as per the notification of the District Women and Child Development, Mumbai District. There is also an Email I ...
Delhi High Court on shouting at a woman in anger and sexual harassment
Recently, in a judgment dated 19th November, 2019, the Delhi High Court in the case of Abhilasha Dwivedi vs. Department of Women & Child Developme ...
Have A Noose, Need A Neck!
After the brutal gang rape and murder of Dr Reddy, Hyderabad's Nirbhaya, the society is up in arms. From the celebrities to the common persons, from ...
Internal Committee: Most Common Questions on Constitution & Composition
The Internal Committee (“IC” or erstwhile known as Internal Complaints Committee / “ICC”) is a body, which has been mandated under the Sexual Harassm ...
The Supreme Court on legality of parallel departmental and criminal court proceedings
The Supreme Court on 8th April 2019, in the case of The Secretary, Lucy Sequeira Trust And Anr. v. Kailash Ramesh Tandel held that departmental proce ...
Madras High Court on procedural inadequacies in an inquiry by an internal committee
In a judgment dated 1st August, 2019, the Madras High Court in the case of R. Patchaiappan vs. The Principal Secretary Cum Commissioner, Hindu Religio ...
The Calcutta High Court on harmonious reading of the Act and Service Rules
In Ms. Debjani Sengupta v. Institute of Cost Accountants of India, the Calcutta High Court on 3 May, 2019, decided on the role of internal committee p ...
Delhi High Court dismisses a case of false sexual harassment allegation
Recently on 17th July, 2019, the Delhi High Court in the case of Rashi v. The Union of India held that filing a false sexual harassment allegation, un ...
Kerala High Court adopts a lenient view against student accused of sexual harassment
Recently, in a judgment dated 22nd July 2019, the Kerala High Court in the case of Sree Shankar vs. The Principal, Sacred Heart College and Ors. held ...
Karnataka High Court directs action for mishandling inquiry against a professor
Recently, in a judgment dated 6th August 2019, the Karnataka High Court in the case of Giridhar Madras v. The Indian Institute of Science and Ors. set ...
Delhi High Court upholds validity of transfer, pending an IC inquiry
Recently, in a judgment dated 1st July 2019, the Delhi High Court in the case of Dinesh Chandra Mishra v. Trilochan Mohapatra and Ors. held that that ...
Kerala High Court on conducting of inquiry only by internal committee of employer
Recently, in a judgment dated 4th September, 2019, the Kerala High Court in the case of Vineeth Shamil K. vs. Air India Charters Ltd. and Ors. held th ...
Madhya Pradesh High Court imposes a heavy fine for not constituting an IC
Recently, on 16th September, 2019 in the case of Global Health Private Limited Vs. Local Complaints Committee, District Indore and others, the Madhya ...
Karnataka High Court on validity of second inquiry by an internal committee
Recently, in a judgment dated 1st July, 2019, the Karnataka High Court in the case of Suman Saurabh v. The Internal Complaints Committee, Sexual Haras ...
Sexual Harassment at Workplace: The Contributors and Mute Spectators
The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people – Napoleon Bonaparte When a person s ...
Sexual Harassment: What does it really mean?
The global anti sexual harassment movement, the #MeToo Movement saw manifestation in India when last year, former Miss. India and actress Tanushree Du ...