The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013, uses the definition of sexual harassment,as laid down by the Supreme Court of India in the famous Vishakha case of 1997. The very court that gave this innovative law held back… Continue Reading →
Sweta Dutta : Sun Dec 08 2013, Bhanwari, 55, is aware that the guidelines are in the news, as aware as she is about what these still lack. It took the December 16, 2012, Delhi gangrape for the recommendations to take… Continue Reading →
By Mihira Sood , legallyindia Mihira Sood: A little more faithI have wanted to write some of these things at different times since it happened, and always shied away. I was far less confident about my place in the legal… Continue Reading →
To, The Chairman, National Human Rights Commission, Manav Adhikar Bhawan Block-C, New Delhi – 110023 Dated: Guwahati, 22nd November 2003 Subject: Demanding Justice Dear Sir, With due respect, I would like to inform you that I am a working journalist based… Continue Reading →
The Indian Express So that she can speak Ania Loomba The recent incident of sexual harassment at Tehelka has underlined the urgent necessity for implementing the Vishaka judgment and the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and… Continue Reading →
Well-known Vadodara-based women’s group Sahiyar has demanded urgent formation of Prevention of Sexual Harassment Committee in Vadodara district and sessions court, which, it said, has not been done despite the fact that several representations by “concerned lawyers and citizens” on… Continue Reading →
NOVEMBER 26, 2013 We write as feminists and activists in the women’s movement, disturbed by imputations of motive to some fellow activists who have spoken out publicly in the Tehelka sexual assault case. These allegations of pandering to… Continue Reading →
Aneesha Mathur : New Delhi, Tue Nov 26 2013, IE “I Know of a few judges who have asked their Chief Justices to consider removing all female employees and not appoint any female interns,” said Additional Solicitor General of India, Indira… Continue Reading →
NEW DELHI: A law intern, who has allegedsexual harassment by a recently-retired Supreme Court judge, feels she is being looked at with “suspicious eye” when she appears before the apex court‘s three-member probe panel. She also said the reason for delay in coming out… Continue Reading →
Mumbai Mirror Nov 24, 2013, (Three survivors of sexual…) MUMBAI: It’s been a year of shame, but also hope. Littered with cases of sexual harassment at the workplace, 2013 is about to wrap up on a dark note. What’s heartening though,… Continue Reading →
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