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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 ...
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 ( ...
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 ...
Calcutta High Court on Application of POSH & POCSO Laws in case of complaints filed by Students
The Calcutta High Court on 24th January 2022 in the matter of PKN vs. Union of India and others held that POSH Act applies even if a c ...
Six months jail for sexually harassing woman by using abusive language and showing middle finger
On 3rd December 2021, in the case of Gaondevi Police Station vs. Aniket Vijay Patil, (“Case”), it was held by the Court of the Girgaon Metropolitan M ...
Teacher reinstated as the POSH Committee did not adhere to the requirements: Calcutta HC
This writ petition has been preferred by the petitioner challenging the order dated 05.10.2021 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Kolkata ...
Madras High Court restrains Lenna Manimekalai and Susi Ganesan from talking to media in #metoo case
Justice Quddhose of the Madras High Court on 20.01.2022 restrained filmmaker and poet, Leena Manimekalai and film producer Susi Ganesan from going to ...
Complaint Boxes against ‘Sexual Harassment at Workplace’ installed at Allahabad High Court
As a new initiative, several complaint boxes have been installed at both the benches of the Allahabad High Court i.e., Principal bench and Luckn ...
Supreme Court: Acquittal in criminal trial has no bearing on disciplinary proceedings
The Supreme Court on 3rd January 2022 in the matter of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation Vs. Dilip Uttam Jayabhay held ...
Supreme Court: Employee has no absolute right to be represented in departmental proceedings through agent of his choice
The Supreme Court on 4th January 2022 in the matter of The Rajasthan Marudhara Gramin Bank (RMGB) & Anr. Vs Ramesh Chandra Me ...
Kerala High Court states that IC must provide Copies of Complaint, Statements to Accused
On 10th January 2022, in the case of Managing Director, HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company v. Suresh Babu, (“Case”), it was held by the High Court ...
Central Administrative Tribunal- Transfer Made on the Basis of IC Recommendations Can Only be Challenged if Found to be Perverse or Malafide
On 24th December, 2021, in the case of Shantanu Mandal v. Union of India, the Central Administrative Tribunal (“CAT”) held that the transfer order ma ...