SEXUAL HARASSMENT: Merely touching minor girl’s back not sexual assault: Bombay HC; Information Document on Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women

Merely touching minor girl’s back not sexual assault: Bombay HC
Information Document on Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
Court orders further probe into sexual harassment complaint against IIM-Rohtak’s director
IAS officer held in Jharkhand for sexually harassing student: Police
-5 Shows 30% Women In India Face Sexual Violence: Where Are The Laws?
Bombay High Court: Guidelines to Protect Identities of Parties Involved
Mumbai: Holding hand once is not harassment, says court
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Merely touching minor girl’s back not sexual assault: Bombay HC

Times of India
Mar 15, 2023
MUMBAI: Merely moving hand over the back and head of a minor girl without any sexual intent does not amount to outraging her modesty, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court remarked while quashing the conviction of a 28-year old man.
The case dates back to 2012 when the convict, then 18 years old, was booked on charges of outraging the modesty of a 12-year-old girl. According to the victim, the accused had moved his hand on her back and head and commented that she had grown up.
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Information Document on Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace

Information Document on Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Updated as on 04.11.2011) (As on DoPT website)

Court orders further probe into sexual harassment complaint against IIM-Rohtak’s director

Hindustantimes.com
Sep 11, 2022
N.K. Singhal, counsel for the complainant, said they had moved an application under section 173 (8) CrPC for further investigation after the police filed a closure report while giving favour to IIM-Rohtak’s director
A local court has directed the police here to further investigate the complaint of a former female assistant professor of IIM-Rohtak, alleging sexual harassment by the institute’s director Dheeraj Sharma.
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IAS officer held in Jharkhand for sexually harassing student: Police

The officer of the 2019 batch was taken into custody on Monday night
Indianexpress.com
July 05, 2022
An IAS officer was detained in Jharkhand’s Khunti district for allegedly sexually harassing a trainee engineering student, police said on Tuesday.
The officer of the 2019 batch was taken into custody on Monday night after a case was lodged at the Khunti women’s police station, Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar said.
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NFHS-5 Shows 30% Women In India Face Sexual Violence: Where Are The Laws?

Shethepeople.tv
May 30, 2022
Sexual assault on women in India is a widespread problem. In 2009 alone, there were over 25,000 reported rapes in the country. Though there has been an increase in public attention regarding sexual assaults on women, people still believe that rape is not a big problem and do not think it needs to be addressed.
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Bombay High Court: Guidelines to Protect Identities of Parties Involved

See copy of Bombay HC Judgement dated 24.09.2021 in the case of P Vs. A & Ors. at Court Judgements On Service Matters.

Mumbai: Holding hand once is not harassment, says court

Times of India
Aug 01, 2021
MUMBAI: Ruling that holding a minor’s hand once and professing love by itself does not amount to sexual harassment, a special Pocso court acquitted a 28-year-old man who had been booked and arrested after he proposed to a 17-year-old girl in the city in 2017. Read  more ….. 

Move industrial court in sexual harassment case, Bombay HC tells woman

Times of India
July 11, 2021
MUMBAI: In a complaint of sexual harassment at the workplace, the Bombay high court has directed a woman to file an appeal before the industrial court in Mumbai against a March 2020 POSH committee order dismissing her allegations against an executive she used to report to, in a large corporate. Read more …..

Sexual harassment: Trichy professor arrested

Times of India
July 08, 2021
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‘Haath lagao toh current lagta hai’: IAF pilot moves Jammu-Kashmir HC alleging sexual harassment by senior officer

The Jammu & Kashmir HC issued notice to the Union Ministry of Defence and Air Force officials, asking them to file their responses within four weeks on a plea filed by a woman officer alleging sexual harassment on the part of her senior.
India Today
April 27, 2021
An Indian Air Force pilot has moved the Jammu and Kashmir High Court alleging that she was sexually harassed by her Flight Commander. In the plea, the woman officer also mentioned the unfair manner of inquiry by the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC).
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Delhi HC dismisses plea by judge challenging his removal for sexual harassment

The court’s decision comes on the plea by the officer, who had challenged his dismissal from service by the Delhi government in March last year.
Hindustantimes.com
Jan 30, 2021
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SC Stays Bombay HC’s ‘Groping Without Skin-to-Skin Contact Isn’t Sexual Assault’ Order

The apex court issued a notice to the Maharashtra government and permitted the Attorney General to file an appeal against the January 19 verdict of the Nagpur bench of the Bombay HC.
Thewire.in
Jan 27, 2021
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Bombay high court order which acquitted a man under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act saying groping a minor’s breast without “skin-to-skin contact” cannot be termed as sexual assault.
A bench of Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde and Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian stayed the high court order after Attorney General K.K. Venugopal mentioned the matter. According to news reports, he submitted that the judgement was “unprecedented” and “is likely to set a dangerous precedent”.
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Same-Gender Sexual Harassment Complaints Maintainable Under POSH Act: Calcutta High Court

Livelaw.in
Jan 14, 2021
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Sexual harassment on digital platform is still workplace harassment: Rajasthan HC

Indialegallive.com
January 13, 2021
“If a person may be posted in Jaipur and acts on a digital platform harassing another lady who may be posted in a different state, it would come within the ambit of being harassed in a common workplace.”
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Women docs sexually harassed during e-consultations, websites try to hide it

Times of India
Dec 29, 2020
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Using sexist language against women may be IPC offence: Delhi court

Times of India
Dec 22, 2020
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BMC sexual harassment case: Info panel directs to give details to applicant

Dnaindia.com
Dec 24, 2018
The state information commission (SIC) in its interim orders has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to provide information to an applicant on action taken on a complaint she had made against an additional municipal commissioner. She had accused an additional municipal commissioner of sexual and mental harassment. …

SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT THE WORKPLACE

NCW ‘Fired’ Two Women In 2016 After They Complained Of Sexual Harassment

The two former employees have filed a case in the Delhi High Court accusing the National Commission for Women of sacking them due to their sexual harassment complaints against a senior.
Huffingtonpost.in
Sep 21, 2018
NEW DELHI—Two former employees have sued India’s National Commission for Women (NCW) for not renewing their contracts after they complained in early 2016 about “persistent sexual harassment” by VVB Raju, the NCW’s deputy secretary at the time.
When one of them resisted Raju’s advances, their petition filed in the Delhi High Court claims that he warned her that she would be “kicked out of the job”. …

Mumbai: Tech major sacks executive after gay ex-staffer recounts harassment

Times of India
Sep 16, 2018
MUMBAI: Acting on a public outburst of harassment faced by a former employee, Tech Mahindra has sacked its training lead Richa Gautam. …

Sexual harassment: Women can’t always be treated as innocent victims, says Delhi Court

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
July 16, 2018
Women can’t always be treated as “innocent gullible victims” in all the cases, a Delhi court said in a case where a women was found ‘lying’ about sexual harassment by her employer. Considering the growing trend of false FIRs of rape and other sexual crimes, the court noted that stereotyping women as “innocent gullible victims” in all scenarios is not correct and such false cases should be dealt with sternly. …

Sexual relations due to deep love not rape, Bombay High Court says

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 2, 2018
PANAJI: The Goa branch of the Bombay high court has recently held that a man cannot be convicted for rape for having sexual intercourse with a woman by “a misrepresentation of fact”, when there is evidence of “a deep love affair” between the two. ….

Amala Paul shares new details on sexual harassment incident

Indianexpress.com
February 13, 2018
South Indian actor Amala Paul has issued a public statement in order to protect her manager Pradeep Kumar after a section of media reports suggested his hand in the sexual harassment incident faced by the actor. In the statement, she also revealed that the accused who approached her with ill-intentions was a member of an organised sex racket. Not just Amala’s, he also had all the information, including phone numbers of other actresses, who were part of the star show that happened earlier this month in Malaysia. …

Scientist fired for sexual harassment

Telegraphindia.com
Feb 12, 2018
New Delhi: A government institute here has fired a top Indian scientist leading a drug discovery effort after an inquiry panel probed allegations that he had sexually harassed a junior research scientist through language, behaviour, and physical advances.
The Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI) in Faridabad (Haryana), a laboratory under India’s department of biotechnology, has terminated the services of Kanury V.S. Rao, 59, the head of its Drug Discovery Research Centre (DDRC), officials with the institute’s governing body said. …

Over 300 women in Hollywood launch campaign to fight sex abuse

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 2, 2018
Hollywood women A-listers and actors launched an initiative to fight systemic sexual harassment in the film industry, months after Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual transgressions came to light. The new initiative, called Time’s Up, is being backed by prominent Hollywood women, including Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie Jennifer Aniston, Ashley Judd, America Ferrera, Natalie Portman, Emma Stone, Kerry Washington and hundreds others, according to reports. …

All physical contact not harassment: Delhi HC

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Nov 3, 2017
NEW DELHI: Unwelcome or accidental physical contact without undertones of a sexual nature doesn’t amount to sexual harassment, the Delhi high court has ruled.
Upholding the clean chit given to a former CRRI scientist with regard to a complaint of an ex-colleague against him, the HC said there should be context while defining a physical contact as sexual in nature. The woman scientist had challenged the clean chit given by the CRRI internal complaints panel to her colleague, whom she had accused of sexual harassment. …

Court acquits rape accused, says no one discusses men’s dignity and honour

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 31, 2017
NEW DELHI: While acquitting a rape accused recently, a court commented that no one discusses the “dignity and honour” of men, given that everyone is fighting for the rights, honour and dignity of women. Besides, it said, laws meant to protect women might be misused by women.
“Perhaps, now it’s the time to take a stand for men,” Nivedita Anil Sharma, special judge of POCSO Act court, said. She found several contradictions in the testimony of the complainant and her parents, pointing out the prosecution’s “miserable failure”. …

90 days paid leave for victims of sexual harassment

Indiatoday.intoday.in
“It will come as a relief to the victims who undergo a lot of trauma while working in the office that too in the presence of the accused,” a senior DoPT official said.
July 17, 2016
Women central government employees who have filed complaints of sexual harassment can now get a paid leave of three months during the pendency of inquiry, the government has said. …

Officials accused of sexual harassment entitled to get copy of complaint  

Hindustantimes.com
Dec 09, 2015
Accused government officials are entitled to get a copy of the complaint against them even if the allegations pertain to sexual harassment, the Central Information Commission has held. …

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