Case Brief Name of Court: High Court of Madras Parties: Dr. A. Manimekalan v. The ...
Telengana HC: LC’s decision cannot be overturned solely based on the inquiry exceeding the legally mandated 90-day timeframe
Case Brief Name of Court: High Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad Par ...
Delhi HC: Right to Approach the State Commission for Women in the absence of an IC
Case Brief Name of Court: High Court of Delhi Parties: Fauzia Rubbani v. Delhi Wo ...
Delhi HC: Non-compliance with 90 day framework to complete proceedings not a ground to set aside IC order
Case Brief Name of Court: High Court of Delhi Parties: ca Nitesh Parashar v. Inst ...
Calling a woman ‘item’ attracts 1.5 years imprisonment
In State of Maharashtra v. AN (“Accused”) (C.R.No.381/2015), on October 20, 2022, the Special Judge ...
Acquittal due to benefit of doubt does not automatically mean that statements made against the accused are false – Delhi High Court
In the case of Sarvjeet Singh v State (NCT of Delhi) and Anr , Sarvjeet Singh (the petitioner) had ...
IC can look into a complaint even if it did not directly receive it – Rajasthan High Court
Three government officers (“complainants”) filed a written complaint alleging sexual harassment at ...
Delay in filing an appeal under section 18 of the posh act can be condoned under section 5 of the limitation act: Delhi High Court
In the case of DB Corp. Ltd. vs. X and Ors. (MANU/DE/2590/2022), the Delhi High Court considered th ...
Gujarat HC on anonymity of witnesses & past records of respondent’s behaviour
In the case of Vimalkant Bhanuprasad Shrimali vs. IDMC Limited, the High Court of Gujarat said that ...
Rule 7 of POSH Rules are to be compiled with, give time to respond: Madras HC
A Writ Petition was filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for quashing of st ...
Sexually Provocative Dress Dilutes a Sexual Harassment Complaint: Sessions Court in Kerala (Kozhikode)
The Application was under Section 438 CrPC (Anticipatory Bail). The complainant alleged that the ac ...
POSH Act complaint mechanism works in coordination with CDA Rules: Calcutta HC
This writ petition has been filed, seeking a writ of mandamus to set aside the penalty order. The p ...
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 ...
Allahabad HC denies bail to lawyer accused of sexually harassing law student
A bail application under Sec-439 CR.PC. was filed for seeking enlargement on bail during the trial ...
Bombay HC: Leave for Appeal against Tarun Tejpal’s Acquittal Order Allowed
Previously, Tarun Tejpal, the editor-in-chief of the Tehelka magazine, was accused of sexually assa ...
Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association to Constitute Internal Complaints Committee under the POSH Act, 2013
The resolution moved by Boby M. Sekhar and as many as 117 other members seeking the constitution of ...
Bombay High Court: No Blanket Application of Maintaining Party Confidentiality in POSH Cases
The Bombay High Court, on September 24, 2021, in the case of the P vs A & Ors, 2021 coherently ...
Kerala High Court: Political Parties Not Required to Have an ICC under POSH
The Kerala High Court (“Court”), on March 17, 2022, in the judgment of Centre for Constitutional Ri ...
Kerala High Court: Film Production Units are Required to Constitute an ICC under POSH Act
The Kerala High Court (“Court”), on March 17, 2022, through the judgment of Women In Cinema Collect ...
Effective implementation of the POSH Act in Kerala
The petition was brought forward for the effective implementation of provisions of the Sexual Haras ...
Kerala High Court Calls For Prompt Re-Constitution Of LCC Under Upon Expiry of It’s Term
A Writ Petition, Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in Kerala High Court for directing the ...
Supreme Court says ‘Courts Should Avoid Hyper-Technical Interpretation of Service Rules’
On December 3, 2021, in the case of Union of India vs. M (“case”), the Supreme Court of India held ...
Supreme Court said that Madhya Pradesh Judge had not resigned voluntarily
On December 9, 2021, in the case of Ms. X vs. Registrar General, High Court of Madhya Pradesh, and ...
UGC issues advisory for Gender Sensitization Training in colleges and universities
In his reply to the Rajya Sabha on February 9, 2022, Minister of State of Education, Dr. Subhas Sar ...