A third of employees in Australia's federal parliament has been sexually harassed, states a report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parlia ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Delhi High Court Observes that principles of ‘Security of Tenure’ would also apply to IC Members
In the matter of Neeraj Bala vs. Union of India & Ors., the Delhi High Court on 19th July, 2021 observed that - the principles which apply to sec ...
Internal Committee required to take permission of the Disciplinary Authority before inquiring into a complaint of sexual harassment: Himachal Pradesh High Court
On 10th September 2021, in the case of PKT Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors., Himachal Pradesh High Court held that in a proceeding on allegatio ...
Smearing The Head Of The Prosecutrix With Vermilion Is An Intention To Show That The Person Has Accepted The Other Person As His Spouse: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court in the matter of Vikki v. State of U.P. & Anr. on 11th August 2021 dismissed the application for quashing of the charge ...
Giving Humiliating Treatment At A Woman’s Workplace Also Amounts To Sexual Harassment Of Woman: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on 9th January 2019 in the matter of Sapana Korde Nee Ketaki A. Ghodinde v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors., observed that ...
Abusive Language Must Be Understood In The Environment In Which That Person Is Situated: Apex Court
The Supreme Court in Ram Kishan v. Union of India & Ors. on 1st September 1995, had observed that when abusive language is used by anybody agains ...
The Abusive Language May Have A Demoralizing Effect On Working Women, But The Same Cannot Be Called Sexually Coloured Remarks
The Central Administrative Tribunal, New Delhi on 16th May 2008 in the matter of Chhttar Pal v. The Lt. Governor & Ors., observed that unless the ...
The Very Act Of Throwing A Chit At A Married Woman And Professing Love For Her Constitutes Outraging The Modesty Of A Woman: Bombay High Court
In the matter of Shrikrushna v. State of Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court on 4th August 2021, while hearing a criminal revision application ag ...
Sexual Harassment at Workplace and China
Alibaba, China's largest e-commerce company, has announced in August 2021 that it will set up a committee, initially comprising five female senior ex ...