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    • Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, BCI on plea seeking PoSH Act protection for women lawyers

      Advocate and author Seema Joshi had filed a petition seeking directions to implement and apply the ACt to women advocates enrolled with State Bar Councils/Bar Associations.

    • Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, BCI on plea to implement POSH Act for women lawyers

      Notably, on July 7, the Bombay High Court held POSH law applied only in an employer-employee relationship, therefore, women lawyers did not fall in its ambit.

    • Plea in Supreme Court seeks to bring political parties under POSH Act ambit: 'Exclusion violates fundamental rights'

      A similar plea filed in 2024 was dismissed by the SC which asked the petitioner to approach the Election Commission. The plea states that petitioner's representation to the EC received no response.

    • Can POSH Act apply to political parties? Existing mechanisms and the plea in Supreme Court explained

      While public and private workplaces are mandated to set up Internal Complaints Committees (ICCs) to address sexual harassment, political parties lack consistency in implementing such mechanisms.

    • Sexual harassment rules remain hazy for 53% HR professionals: Survey

      According to the report by Walchand Plus, a staggering 40 percent of working women experiencing insecurity are unaware of the protective measures offered by the POSH Act.

    • NMC asks health institutions to form sexual harassment probe panels

      In a letter to the institutions and medical colleges, the commission cited the Supreme Court’s directions regarding the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

    • Vinesh Phogat to Tanushree Dutta: What will happen to #MeToo if accusers suffer for going public?

      As the group of Indian wrestlers continue to protest for justice in their allegations of sexual misconduct against the WFI chief, here’s a look at the impact and future of the MeToo movement in India and the world

    • 'Sorry state of affairs': Supreme Court on lack of sexual harassment committees at workplace

      "It is disquieting to note that there are serious lapses in the enforcement of the Act even after such a long passage of time," the bench said.

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