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Art 142: Dubbed ‘nuclear missile’ by V-P Dhankhar, deployed by SC in cases from Ayodhya to Bhopal to Visakha
April 24, 2025 7:34 am
Article 142, which grants the apex court the power to pass any order necessary to ensure “complete justice”, was used sparingly until there was a spike in the 1990s amidst much political upheaval in country.
The PoSH Act, and the procedure for complaint against sexual harassment at the workplace
May 05, 2023 10:50 am
The PoSH Act was passed in 2013. It defined sexual harassment, lay down the procedures for complaint and inquiry, and the action to be taken in cases of sexual harassment.
Vishaka Committee guidelines: Object will be defeated if women are coerced to withdraw complaints, says Bombay HC
March 22, 2021 9:49 pm
The court said, “This object would be defeated if lady employees, who have complained against male employees, are coerced to withdraw their complaints so as to ‘sweep the dirt below the carpet’”.
Supreme Court junks PIL for enforcing anti-sexual harassment guidelines at religious places
July 22, 2019 6:57 pm
The petition sought collection of data of such religious institutions where women practice and profess religion, for taking effective steps on the basis of the guidelines to provide assistance to the victims of sexual assaults.
Explained: When a woman is harassed at work
October 10, 2018 3:42 pm
How does the law define sexual harassment at the workplace? A look at the guidelines for recognising sexual harassment, and the action employers are to take.
Foreign airlines need to comply with sexual harassment law: Delhi High Court
March 30, 2015 6:26 pm
"If any of such foreign airline does not comply with the law, it shall do so at its own peril," the court said.
Her Story
December 08, 2013 4:28 am
It was in a village in Bassi and some NGOs in Jaipur and Delhi,21 years ago,that the battle against sexual harassment at the workplace began.
Apologies aside
November 25, 2013 5:29 am
Disciplinary action cannot replace legal proceedings against sexual violence.
Tejpals family putting pressure,says victim
November 24, 2013 2:40 am
Her statement came even as one of her colleagues and confidants resigned from the magazine.
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