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While dealing with a case of sexual harassment of a woman air force personnel by another air force personnel, the Madras High Court directed the Centre Government to ensure that a proper Internal Complaints Committee existed in the Armed Forces in compliance with the Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Work Act. The court also directed the Central Government to sensitise the armed personnel by imparting gender-sensitive awareness training to achieve the objectives of the legislation.
Also Read - Madras High Court Chief Justice Assured Portraits Of BR Ambedkar Will Not Be Removed From Courts: Tamil Nadu Govt And the Central Government is directed to ensure the proper existence of Internal Complaints Committee in the Armed Forces in accordance with the mandates of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 and to sensitise the armed personnel imparting gender sensitive awareness training to achieve its objectives. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed,” the court directed.
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The Calcutta High Court has recently held that the actions of an accused under the Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (“POSH Act”), in being party to an appraisal report of the complainant thereunder, “vitiates and makes a mockery of the entire process.”
In hearing a contempt application filed by the complainant/petitioner against the accused, his company and its agents, a single-bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya directed the respondents/contemnors to prove that they had not been in “contumacious violation” of the Court’s orders, and that the impugned appraisal report was unconnected to the charges under the POSH Act, invoked by the petitioner against the accused/contemnor no 5. It was held: For more details kindly click the below link: https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/calcutta-high-court/calcutta-high-court-posh-workplace-sexual-harassment-accused-participation-appraisal-complainant-232651 Courtesy: LiveLaw July 13, 2023 Join Our HR WhatsApp Group: https://lnkd.in/gpyaXnk4 Join Our Posh LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/prevention-of-sexual-harassment-at-workplace-posh/?viewAsMember=true The court said equalising of sexes in every aspect of life is a constitutional imperative and the working environment is required to be as safe and secure for women. The Delhi High Court has held that there is "absolutely nothing" that limits the scope of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (SHW Act) to cases where a woman employee is sexually harassed by ...
The court said equalising of sexes in every aspect of life is a constitutional imperative and the working environment is required to be as safe and secure for women as it is for men. "Even an apprehension, by a woman, that her safety might be compromised or endangered in the workplace is, therefore, abhorrent to our constitutional ethos," it said. A bench of Justices C Hari Shankar and Manoj Jain upheld an order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) that had dismissed an IRS officer's plea challenging the jurisdiction of an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) issuing him a notice... "There is absolutely nothing in the SHW Act which limits its scope only to cases where a woman employee is sexually harassed by another employee working in her own office, and excepts its application where the delinquent employee is employed elsewhere the tribunal (CAT) has also held so, and we completely agree. For more details kindly click the below link: https://www.deccanherald.com/national/scope-of-anti-sexual-harassment-law-not-limited-to-cases-in-same-department-delhi-hc-1233506.html Courtesy: Deccan Herald July 3, 2023 Join Our HR WhatsApp Group: https://lnkd.in/gpyaXnk4 Join Our Posh LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/prevention-of-sexual-harassment-at-workplace-posh/?viewAsMember=true |
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