Sexual harassment of women at their workplace is of growing concern and the courts are now coming down heavily on companies where such instances occur, in which the long drawn out procedure causes more problems than it solves.
In Kozhikode, Kerala, a sessions court referred to the victim’s attire as “sexually provocative” before granting bail to an activist in a sexual harassment case. Such mysogynistic attitudes are deplorable in the context of increasing crimes against women
A woman in Uttar Pradesh has written a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, seeking his intervention into an FIR she lodged last year against the employees of Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University, accusing them of physical and mental harassment.
Recently, I was speaking to a client discussing yet another sexual harassment complaint. There are several these days from various quarters. And while on the one hand, this might seem like a cause for introspection, on the other, it might actually be a good thing because it means that women are finally speaking up.
Justice to the Judge, the autobiography of Ranjan Gogoi, a former Chief Justice of India and a sitting nominated Rajya Sabha member, was launched at a glittering release by his successor CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde on Wednesday.