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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: 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 ...
Delhi High Court imposes a Rs. 50,000 fine for filing a false sexual harassment complaint
Recently, in a judgment dated 9th July, 2019, the Delhi High Court in the case of Anita Suresh v. Union of India & Ors. slapped a hefty fine on a ...
Delhi High Court on filing of complaint after removal from job as afterthought
Recently on 17th July, 2019, the Delhi High Court in the case of Rashi vs. The Union of India held that filing a false sexual harassment allegation, u ...
Bombay High Court on filing sexual harassment complaint & atrocities against SC / ST
In the case of Sapana Korde Nee Ketaki A. Ghodinde v. The State of Maharashtra and Ors., the Bombay High Court on 9th January 2019 held that filing se ...
Delhi High Court on filing a complaint after the prescribed period of limitation
In X vs. District Magistrate (South) and Another, decided by the Delhi High Court on 31 January, 2019, the Court decided on a complaint that was filed ...
Delhi High Court on validity of preliminary inquiries under CCS (CCA) Rules
The Delhi High Court on January 21, 2019, in the case of S.K. Tanwar v. Union of India, upheld the validity of a preliminary inquiry by an internal co ...
Karnataka High Court on clean chit by IC & filing of police complaint subsequently
In Usha Padmini and Ors. vs. State of Karnataka and Ors. decided by the Karnataka High Court on 28 January, 2019, the Court held that if an Internal ...
Gujarat High Court on validity of termination while sexual harassment is alleged
In Mohini Pessuram Tilwani vs. Union of India and Ors. decided by the Gujarat High Court on 30 April, 2019, the Court held that an order for terminati ...
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere
The Law against sexual harassment in India has evolved since laying down of the Vishaka Guidelines in the year 1997 by the Supreme Court to the enact ...
Provisions of law against sexual harassment at workplace are in addition to other laws
In the case of X vs State of J&K and Anr., before the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir on 1st February 2019, the question that arose for considerat ...
High Court of New Delhi on biases and internal committee
In the case of Somaya Gupta (“Petitioner”) vs. Jawaharlal Nehru University and Anr. (“Respondent”) decided by the High Court of New Delhi on 27 August ...
Suicide by Respondent: Learnings for Organizations & IC Members
“Hi Kriti, Today I want to let you know how much I love you. I have an allegation by two of the employees f sexual harassment and trust me I d ...
Efforts taken by the Ministry of Women & Child Development
The Ministry of Women and Child Development has been very proactive and taking several measures to ensure that crime against women is reduced. It has ...
Does sexual harassment even take place? Lets look at some of the statistics
On looking at the statistics it appears that while the number of complaints being filed in 2013 were really low, given the lack of awareness on the s ...
