Corporate Law : Learn about the Prevention of Workplace Sexual Harassment Act (PoSH) in India, its provisions, employer responsibilities, and rece...
Corporate Law : Article explains progress and challenges in implementing POSH Act in India, highlighting legal ambiguities, gender-specific issues...
Corporate Law : Understand the significance of the POSH Act 2013 in creating safe workplaces for women in India. Learn about its key provisions an...
Corporate Law : Explore the Union of India v. Dilip Paul case and the call for comprehensive reforms in the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH)...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court's recent directive instructs States/UTs to ensure effective implementation of the POSH Act. Mandatory appointment of...
Corporate Law : In a judgment issued on May 12, SC highlighted serious lapses and uncertainty in implementation of Protection of Women from Sexual...
Corporate Law : The accused Srilankan Airlines was convicted for the offence u/s 26 of Sexual Harassment for Women at work place (Prevention, Proh...
Corporate Law : Dr. Malabika Bhattacharjee Vs Internal Complaints Committe, Vivekananda College & Ors. (Calcutta High Court) A cursory glance ...
Corporate Law : Bhuwan Chandra Pandey vs Union Of India And Others (Uttarakhand High Court) More than two decades have elapsed since the Supreme C...
Company Law : The ROC Chennai imposes a penalty on Janaki Ram Steel & Power Ltd. for non-compliance with Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013....
Company Law : Explore the MCA decision to reduce penalties for non-reporting related to the Internal Committee under POSH guidelines. Learn abou...
Company Law : Tunwal E-Vehicle India Pvt. Ltd. & its directors ordered to pay penalty for not maintaining its registered office under Companies ...
Company Law : Resonance Eduventures Limited, its MD & CEO, and CS face a penalty of 7 Lakhs imposed by Ministry of Corporate Affairs for not con...
Company Law : As per Rule 8 and 8A of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 other than one person Company or small company shall give a statement...
FAQs On Sexual Harassment of Women At Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition And Redressal) Act,2013 You are aware that our Constitution has given some fundamental rights to all citizen residing in India. The Constitution of India does not discriminate citizen on the basis of gender, caste, creed, Color ,religions, etc. Every citizen of India has equal rights […]
The Supreme Court has defined sexual harassment in its order as any unwelcome, sexually determined physical, verbal, or non-verbal act against a women. For example, a sexual remark about a colleague, asking for sexual favours, showing pornography or conducting offensive acts at the workspace. All of this can affect the personal as well as professional […]
The Government of Maharashtra has, vide notification dated 31st March, 2021 specified Industrial Courts constituted under section 10 of the Maharashtra Industrial Relations Act (XI of 1947), as the Appellate Authority functions in respect of the Industrial Establishments in relation to which the State Government is the appropriate authority. Download Order ***** In Pursuance of […]
Research performed among the working women in India concluded that a woman endured an event of harassment every 42 minutes. This amounts to the maximum with an average of 34 incidents a day and 240 events per week and also a surprising 1028 events within a month. It is an alarming range to affect as […]
Note on Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women At Workplace ((Prevention, Prohibition And Redressal) Act, 2013 (Posh Act) BACKGROUND: The Act to prevent incidents of sexual harassment at workplace was enacted after 16 years of the Supreme Court judgment in the case of Vishaka & Ors. vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. (1997 (7) SCC […]
The accused Srilankan Airlines was convicted for the offence u/s 26 of Sexual Harassment for Women at work place (Prevention, Prohibtion and Redressal Act) 2013 as the accused had violated Section 4 (1) of Sexual Harassment of Women (Prevention Prohibition and Redressal Act) 2013.
Dr. Malabika Bhattacharjee Vs Internal Complaints Committe, Vivekananda College & Ors. (Calcutta High Court) A cursory glance at Section 2(m) of the posh 2013 Act shows that the term ‘respondent’ brings within its fold ‘a person’, thereby including persons of all genders. Although there is substance in the submission of the petitioner that the said […]
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 […]
If you are unaware of ‘POSH’ (Prevention of sexual Harassment at workplace) and its implications on your company for non-compliance, then beware, you are inviting trouble to your doorstep!
Covid 19, Extended Lockdown, Economic impact of the lockdown, recovery path, these are the current topics of on which we are being flooded with riveting discussions and articles . But , in spite of the grave pandemic scenario in the world, there is still coverage on the unpalatable topic of sexual harassment of women. The […]
