Alleging she has been transferred 'out of turn' twice since bringing sexual harassment charges against her senior, assistant commandant-level woman officer has approached Delhi HC.
SC said political parties do not fall under ambit of act, as they lack an organisational structure, wages. Critics say it left women party members without protections.
Bombay High Court has ruled that women lawyers cannot invoke Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act against male colleagues.
Where the PoSH Act ends, only the penal code is left standing. But criminal prosecution is a blunt, punishing tool, replete with all the obstacles the PoSH inquiry was designed to soften.
Lamsal's complaint wasn't reported because it was considered 'mental, not sexual harassment', university says. Students tell ThePrint they are unaware of PoSH provisions on campus.
The liability framework for gig businesses could be aligned with the 'actual knowledge’ standard under section 79 of the Information Technology Act 2000.
The court ruled that serious incidents of sexual harassment causing mental trauma must be treated as 'continuing offence', which need not be reported within 3 months, as mandated by the POSH Act.
A year after sexual harassment allegations from students against four staffers rocked the Kalakshetra Foundation in Chennai, the campus is still ‘polarised and politicised’.
‘Well-entrenched institutional apathy' is how Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur defined it. 'New Delhi has the power to intervene at every level,' he said.
Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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