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The Supreme Court has banned the entry of an Advocate’s Clerk for three months after he was found guilty of Sexual Harassment under the Regulation 11(1)(b) and (c) and 11(2) of the Gender Sensitisation and Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal), Regulations, 2013.
In a notice issued by the ‘Member Secretary’ of GSICC, which is updated on the Supreme Court website today, it has informed that, “pursuant to a complaint against Mr. Ashok Saini, the Clerk of an advocate, of sexual harassment within the precincts of the Supreme Court of India, before its Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) and consequential inquiry, under Regulation 11(1)(b) and (c) and 11(2)(a) of the Gender Sensitisation & Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal), Regulations, 2013, Mr. Ashok Saini has been found guilty and debarred from entering the precincts of the Supreme Court of India for a period of three months from 1st July, 2021 till 30th September, 2021.”
In 1997, in its landmark judgment in “Vishaka & Ors. Vs State of Rajasthan & Ors”, the Supreme Court of India had laid down “Vishaka Guidelines” mandating the employers to take steps to protect female employees from sexual harassment at the workplace and provide procedures for resolution, settlement, or prosecution.
“In the absence of any law and for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment and abuse more particularly against sexual harassment at work places, we lay down guidelines and norms specified hereinafter for due observance at all work places or other institutions, until a legislation is enacted for the purpose,”
-said the Apex Court.
After that in 2013, the Central Government enacted the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act to protect workers in both formal and informal sectors.
Read the Notice here.
