women lawyers can't be denied p.o.s.h. recourse, centre tells sc
New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- Women lawyers cannot be denied their remedy against sexual harassment at the workplace, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Friday amid a long standing demand by women legal practitioners for setting up internal complaints committees across courts, tribunals and bar councils. So far, denial was based on the claim that no "employer-employee" relationship exists between a lawyer and a bar council.
In an affidavit filed in a petition where the top court is considering this issue, the ministry of women and child development said, "Since the statutory framework of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 or POSH act does not expressly exclude women advocates from its am...
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