SC takes stock of POSH Act compliance across country
New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday took stock of the implementation of gender-sensitive provisions for women at workplaces across the country by asking high courts to report establishment of internal complaints committee across all courts and tribunals and directed states, UTs to comply with statutory requirement of appointing district and nodal officers for redressal of sexual harassment complaints.
In two separate proceedings, the court passed the orders - the first being a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by one Geeta Rani seeking uniform implementation of The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 or POSH Act, and the other being a pending petition filed by a victim of sexual harassment where the court is monitoring countrywide directions issued to states and UTs to give full effect to the Act provisions. In the first case, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant called for a status report from all high courts on whether Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee have been constituted by all high courts, district or sub-divisional courts, tribunals, bar associations and other allied courts to deal with sexual harassment complaints filed by women and transgenders.
Appearing for the petitioner Geeta Rani, senior advocate Sonia Mathur said seven high courts have not framed regulations for setting up these committees, while district courts under the high courts of Delhi, Punjab & Haryana, are yet to form GSICC.htc...
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