POSH awareness training is becoming increasingly important in today’s world as companies strive to ...
POSH Act 2013 in a Nutshell
The PoSH Act 2013 came into being to protect women’s rights in workplaces. Sexual harassment severel ...
Sexual Harassment at Workplace and Maharashtra
Sexual harassment is a serious issue that affects individuals in all parts of the world, including ...
Why POSH Awareness is Important: Benefits, Legal Obligations & What Sessions Cover
Creating a safe workplace starts long before a complaint is filed. It begins with awareness. If ...
Tips for Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace
The right to a safe working environment is a fundamental right. Every person entering the work forc ...
Can you claim sexual harassment when mixing work and pleasure?
Mixing work and pleasure is a situation that can become complicated when it comes to sexual harassm ...
Investigation report of Sexual harassment allegations against Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (New York)
Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of New York, had been accused of sexual harassment by multiple wo ...
Calcutta High Court on Application of POSH & POCSO Laws in case of complaints filed by Students
The Calcutta High Court held on January 24, 2022, in the matter of PKN vs. Union of India and other ...
FAQs related to Annual Report of the Internal Committee
Filing related queries 1 Is submission of Annual Report by Internal Comm ...
District Officer (DO) Address
The addresses of DO and WCD offices of few cities - Mumbai, Bangalore, Noida, and Gurgaon - are ment ...
A third of employees in Australia’s federal parliament have been sexually harassed
A third of employees in Australia's federal parliament have been sexually harassed, states a report ...
Importance Of Service Rules When Dealing With POSH Act
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act and Rules, ...
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and POSH Act: A comparison
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its 2014 judgement of NALSA v. Union of India expounded the r ...
Guidelines issued by Bombay High Court on POSH Matters: Legal Analysis
On September 24, 2021, in the case of P vs. A & Ors. ("Order"), the Bombay High Court held that ...
Sexual Harassment & Self-Destructing Messages: Challenges & Evidence
Self-Destructing Messages / Apps or ephemeral messages are those messages which “disappear” once th ...
Dissemination of POSH policy in the Virtual Workspace
With the overnight overhaul of the physical workplace for a virtual workspace, many workplace pract ...
Mumbai Police sets up Nirbhaya Squad
As per Circular No. 7 (S. No./C.P/Reader/Circular/241/2021 - Circular on Nirbhaya Squad and Project ...
Smearing The Head Of The Prosecutrix With Vermilion Is An Intention To Show That The Person Has Accepted The Other Person As His Spouse: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court in the matter of Vikki v. State of U.P. & Anr. on August 11, 2021, dis ...
Abusive Language Must Be Understood In The Environment In Which That Person Is Situated: Apex Court
The Supreme Court in Ram Kishan v. Union of India & Ors. on 1st September 1995, had observed th ...
The Very Act Of Throwing A Chit At A Married Woman And Professing Love For Her Constitutes Outraging The Modesty Of A Woman: Bombay High Court
In the matter of Shrikrushna v. State of Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court on 4th August 2021,&nbs ...
Tarun Tejpal and the case of victim blaming
"She did not look disturbed, reserved, terrified or traumatised in any way even though this was imm ...
Is Section 509 of the IPC a Meaningful Provision in Current Times?
Section 509 IPC: Punishment, Scope & Relevance Under PoSH Long before India had a dedicate ...
The Consent Given In Consequence Of Any Misconception Or Fear Cannot Be Said To Be A Free Consent: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court in the matter of Rajkishore Shrivastava vs. State of MP & Anr. on ...
Marital Rape Is A Good Ground To Claim Divorce: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court in XXX v. XXX (names kept confidential) on July 30, 2021, observed that “trea ...