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TopicPOSH Act

Topic: POSH Act

Why Allahabad HC quashed report in POSH case against astrophysics professor, ordered fresh probe

Limitation argument fails, high court finds legally mandated committee did not record statements, denied opportunity of cross‑examination and failed to conduct oral hearings.

TCS Nashik case: Nida Khan, AIMIM corporator named in 1,500-page chargesheet; NCW seeks PoSH compliance

Chargesheet invokes BNS sections linked to sexual assault, outraging religious sentiments, criminal conspiracy & cheating, along with provisions of SC/ST Act.

CEO, HR of Delhi digital marketing firm questioned over intern’s sexual harassment allegation

Complainant was an intern at RedCube Digital Media, where she worked for 4 months. The HR executive is alleged to have not paid heed to her complaints against the CEO.

Molested by customers, women gig workers say they work in fear

Quick home service workers in Delhi and Bengaluru are hired with promises of better pay and flexible hours. But the women say safeguards are few, and fear of job loss stops many from reporting harassment.

States still struggling with strict enforcement of POSH Act, says amicus report. SC sets 3-week deadline

Data placed before SC last week showed many states have not ensured formation of Internal Complaints Committee. Top court issued directions to states for effective implementation in 2023.

‘Retaliatory, violates PoSH Act’—officer accuses CRPF of bias after complaint against IG, commandant

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.

IT Act toothless against deepfakes? NCW seeks review of laggard laws as women face more AI-driven abuse

There has been recurring instances of morphed videos & images of women being used for making non-consensual intimate & explicit pornographic content.

‘Step backwards’ or ‘start of larger journey’? Opinion divided on SC excluding political parties from POSH

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.

With no PoSH, is Advocates Act an adequate substitute for legal fraternity? What lawyers have to say

Bombay High Court has ruled that women lawyers cannot invoke Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act against male colleagues.

Bombay HC has left women advocates without PoSH shield. We must extend the Act to Bar Councils

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.

On Camera

The thrill of ‘down low’ wears off fast. Why do gay men even fall for it?

Being DL is not the same as being closeted, though there’s some overlap. A closeted man knows he is queer, but a DL one does his best to not acknowledge the Grindr logo on his phone.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

In Delhi, an emotional farewell to former Army chief Gen VN Sharma with full state honours

The three service chiefs paid tributes, along with several former Army chiefs. Friends & fellow soldiers remember him as a 'natural charmer'.

India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.