Background In the case of ABC Corporation, a sexual harassment complaint has been filed ag ...
Karnataka High Court: Writing a colleague’s phone number on the walls of the gents’ toilet labelled as that of a call girl amounts to outraging her modesty
Case Description Alla Baksha Patel v. State of Karnataka & Ors. High Court of ...
Karnataka HC on sexual harassment and unequal distribution of power in doctor-patient relationship
Case Description Dr. Chethan Kumar S. v. State of Karnataka & Anr. Karnataka ...
Calcutta High Court on Allowing Delays in Filing Sexual Harassment Complaints
Case Description Vaneeta Patnaik v. State of West Bengal & Ors. Calcutta High ...
Madras HC: Disciplinary Authority is bound by the findings of the Internal Committee
Case Description Samuel Tennyson v. Principal & Secretary, MCC Madras High Co ...
J&K and Ladakh High Court on Settling Sexual Harassment Cases Registered as Crimes
Case Description X v. Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors. High Court ...
Ontario Supreme Court on Representative Plaintiffs and Honorarium in class action related Sexual Harassment
Facts In Doucet v. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, 2023 ONSC 2323 (Order dated 20th April 2023) ...
Court of King’s Bench of Alberta, 2023 on Recognising Harassment as an Actionable Claim
In one of its kind rulings in Canada, contrary to the law laid down in Ontario on harassment as a t ...
Calcutta HC: Addressing an unknown lady as “darling” is sexually coloured
Case Description Janak Ram v. The State Calcutta High Court Case T ...
Madras High Court on Exploring the Boundaries of Privacy in Public Judgments (Right to be forgotten)
Case Description Karthick Theodore v. Madras High Court Madurai Bench of Madras H ...
Karnataka HC: Not giving a party opportunity to defend himself amounts to violation of Principles of Natural Justice
Case Description H. Manjunath v. Karnataka State Bar Council Karnataka High ...
SC on Disciplinary Inquiry and Central Complaint Committee
Brief: This judgement of Supreme Court highlighted and explained nuances of hearsay evidence, power ...
Allahabad HC on admissibility of illegally recorded conversations
Case Brief Name of Court: Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench Parties: Mahant Pra ...
Delhi High Court: Gender-specific laws are not meant to be “anti-opposite gender,” but is designed to address the unique issues faced by a particular gender.
Name of Court: Delhi High Court Parties: Varun Bhatia v. State & Anr. C ...
Delhi HC: POSH Act is gender specific, not anti-men
Case Brief Name of Court: Delhi High Court Parties: Varun Bhatia v. State & A ...
Uttarakhand HC: Accused directed to plant 50 trees in lieu of compounding sexual harassment offence under IPC
Case Brief Name of Court: Uttarakhand High Court Parties: Neeraj Kirola v. State ...
Calcutta HC: Writ petition seeking issuance of directions to the Calcutta HC for complying with POSH Act dismissed as premature
Case Brief Name of Court: Calcutta High Court Parties: Senjuti Chakrabarti v. Ld. ...
P&H HC: Objections to be raised before the disciplinary authority when show cause issued
Case Brief Name of Court: High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Partie ...
P&H HC: Objections to be raised before the disciplinary authority when show cause issued
Case Brief Name of Court: High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Partie ...
Madras HC: Forwarding messages implies acknowledgment, especially by influential individuals, risking criminal liability for breaching public peace and tranquillity
Case Brief Parties: S. Ve. Shekher v. Al.Gopalsamy, President & Ors. Case No. ...
Bombay High Court: WhatsApp Communication and Responsible Posting
Industry: Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act; Information Technol ...
Rouse Avenue Court: Exploring the Limitations of Anonymous Witnesses in POSH Act Inquiries
Case Number – X v. Internal Committee & Ors. (RCA DJ NO. 02/22) Date of Judgement: 06 ...
Central Administrative Tribunal, Bengaluru: Central Departmental proceedings can continue during the pendency of criminal proceedings
Case Brief Case No. - M.G. Karan & ors. v Union of India arising out of OA - 170/00289 ...
United States District Court, District of Nevada: Music has boundaries, at least in the workplace
Sharp v. S&S Activewear, LLC (Order dated 07 June 2023): Ensuring a safe workplace is paramount ...