Corporate Law : The POSH Act mandates an Internal Committee for workplaces with ten or more employees. Failure to constitute the committee in the ...
Corporate Law : Employers with 10 or more employees must comply with mandatory POSH requirements, including forming an Internal Committee and fili...
Corporate Law : The article explains the scope, applicability, and safeguards provided under the POSH Act, 2013, including complaint mechanisms, I...
Corporate Law : The article explains the legal requirement for organisations with 10 or more employees to establish an Internal Complaints Committ...
Company Law : From Compliance To Culture: Redefining POSH Governance In Modern Corporate Era A Governance-Centric Analysis of Workplace Safety, ...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court ruled that ICCs can inquire into complaints against employees from different departments, ensuring procedural pr...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court of India has issued strict, time-bound orders for all states to implement the PoSH Act by forming Local and Inte...
Corporate Law : Directions are given by the Hon'ble Supreme Court right from Visakato Aureliano Fernandez Vs. State of Goa and others in respect o...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court held that Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 mandates that in...
Corporate Law : Karnataka High Court held that the appellate authority under POSH Act, 2013, despite the absence of specific provision for grantin...
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...
Q 1. WHAT IS POSH? Sexual harassment results in violation of the fundamental rights of a woman to equality under articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution of India and her right to life and to live with dignity under article 21 of the Constitution and right to practice any profession or to carry on […]
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!
