The Allahabad High Court in the matter of Vikki v. State of U.P. & Anr. on August 11, 2021, dis ...
Giving Humiliating Treatment At A Woman’s Workplace Also Amounts To Sexual Harassment Of Woman: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court, on January 9, 2019, in the matter of Sapana Korde Nee Ketaki A. Ghodinde v. ...
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 Abusive Language May Have A Demoralizing Effect On Working Women, But The Same Cannot Be Called Sexually Coloured Remarks
The Central Administrative Tribunal, New Delhi on 16th May 2008 in the matter of Chhttar Pal v. The ...
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 ...
Sexual Harassment at Workplace and China
Alibaba, China's largest e-commerce company, announced in August 2021 that it will set up a committ ...
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 ...
Pakistan and the Law around Sexual Harassment at Workplace
Pakistan enacted “The Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act” in 2010. This is the ...
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 ...
World Breastfeeding Week – August 1 to 7
The concept of breastfeeding week was formulated way back in 1990 by the World Health Organization ...
Microaggressions: Sexual Harassment Subtleties in the Workplace
Imagine a workplace, if you will, with a diverse workforce. It may be similar to yours, people of d ...
Dismissal of Employee based on IC’s Inquiry Report, without conducting Inquiry as per Service Rules, is improper: Karnataka High Court
On July 20, 2021, in the case of Arabi U. vs. The Registrar, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri, ...
Kerala High Court Permits Termination Of Pregnancy Without Insisting On The Consent Of The Intellectually Disabled Victim
In the matter of Kerala State Legal Services Authority v. Union of India & Ors., the Kerala Hig ...
The Desire Of The Respondent To Settle In Canada Cannot Be Branded As An Act Of Selfishness And It Is No Ground For ‘Cruelty’: Bombay High Court
In Prakashchandra Joshi v. Kuntal Prakashchandra Joshi and others, the Bombay High Court on 24th Ju ...
The Unsubstantiated Accusation And Character Assassination By One Spouse Against The Other Would Constitute Mental Cruelty: Kerala High Court
In Sabitha Unnikrishnan vs. Vineet Das, the Kerala High Court on 28th June, 2021 observed that leve ...
Compelling A Married Women To Live In Her Parental Home Amounts To Cruelty: Madhya Pradesh High Court
In the matter of Amar Singh v. Smt. Vimla, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 22nd June 2021 observed ...
Manipur High Court Held Denial of Livelihood To People By Linking Vaccination and Their Employment As Illegal
On 13th July 2021, in the case of Osbert Khaling v. State of Manipur; & 2 ors., The Manipur Hig ...
Sikkim High Court sets aside earlier observation – States that Executive Authority should decide what is ‘Workplace’
In a December 2020 decision in the case of Silajit Guha vs. Sikkim University and Ors., a Single Ju ...
Sexual Harassment in Healthcare System
During the COVID-19 pandemic, when people were fighting to avail healthcare services necessary to s ...
Kerala High Court Asked State To Consider State Owned Corporations To Supply RT-PCR Tests Materials To Private Labs
On 8th July 2021, The Kerala High Court in the case of Devi Scans (P) Ltd & Ors. V. State of Ke ...
Orissa High Court Asks State To Submit Report On Availability Of RT-PCR Testing Facilities In Rural Areas
On July 6, 2021, the Orissa High Court, in the case of Sanjiv Joshi v. State of Odisha, asked the s ...
Judicial precedents leading to the implementation of POSH Act
Farley coined the phrase “sexual harassment of women on the job” in 1975 to describe the patterns o ...