Uttarakhand HC issues ruling on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace

Bhuwan Chandra Pandey vs Union Of India And Others (Uttarakhand High Court) More than two decades have elapsed since the Supreme Court passed a landmark judgment in case of Vishakha vs. State of Rajasthan AIR 1997 SC 301, and formulate the famous ‘Vishakha guidelines‘, which inter alia providing guidance for the resolution of complaints through internal complaint mechanisms in cases of sexual harassment by women employees. It was also recommended that the Central and state governments shall adopt legislation to assure that employers in the private sector observe the guidelines pr...