sexual harassment

The Supreme Court has expressed surprise over the interim bail granted to a lawyer accused of raping his junior by the Allahabad High Court

New Delhi: Senior Advocate Rebecca John, representing Priya Ramani in MJ Akbar's criminal defamation case, said today that there was no complaint lodged until 2015, because in those days the scope of IPC Section 354 was not as wide.

The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Madhya Pradesh High Court in plea by a senior Madhya Pradesh District Judge for quashing of a 2018 sexual harassment charge levelled against him by a woman judicial officer.

Workplace sexual harassment is a form of gender discrimination which snatches the rights of women to work, equality to life coded under the Constitution of India under Articles 14, 15 & 21.

Courts have often shown their patriarchal mindsets while dealing with rape cases. A balance between the concerns of the victim and the rights of the accused would serve reformatory justice better.

The Supreme Court on Thursday declines to hear a petition filed by a Principal District Judge, Madhya Pradesh seeking directions to quash the show cause notice issued by the High Court to start a fresh disciplinary inquiry against him regarding allegation of sexual harassment at work place.

Americans with various sexual preferences won an unexpected victory in the United States Supreme Court with a 6-3 ruling. According to it, federal civil rights laws protect Americans from being fired from work if an employer opposes their sexual inclination.

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