On Tuesday, the Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit trying to bring registered political parties under the scope of women’s sexual harassment in the workplace (prevention, ban and compensation) of 2013, opening the Pandora box and becoming a tool for extortion and abuse.
The bench, including the chief judge of India Br Gavai and Justices, for Vinod Chandran and Atul and Chandurkar made observations and listened to a lawsuit.
“How do you compare political parties as a workplace? When a person joins the political party, it is not a job. It is not a job because they join the political parties at their own will and on the basis of irremuneration. How can the law against sexual harassment include political parties?
What’s that?
The Top Court made observations and heard the appeal against the decision of the High Court in Kerala 2022, which decided that political parties were not forced to establish an ICC (committee for internal complaints) if there are no relations with employees and employers.
The leader of the advocate of Shobha Gupta, who appeared for the Yogamaya MG petitioners, claimed that although many women are actively involved in politics, only CPI (M) has an internal complaint committee.
What is a luxurious act?
In 2013, the sexual harassment of women in the workplace (prevention, ban and compensation) came into force to protect women from sexual harassment at workplaces and ensure a safe work environment.
The latest incident is not the first time the Supreme Court faced such a requirement – the court previously refused to entertain a public interest dispute with a similar reason.
Other cases of the law of law
On Friday, September 12, SC rejected a complaint about sexual harassment filed according to women’s sexual harassment at the workplace (prevention, ban and compensation) of 2013 (POSH ACT) by a member of the National University of Juridic Sciences (Nujs) against representatives of the Faculty of Law (VC).
The Top Court dismissed the action of a member of the faculty for restrictions, but ordered that the accusation be permanently recorded in his biography, informed about the bar and the bench.
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