New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea for the implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) (POSH) Act, 2013 for women lawyers enrolled with State Bar Councils or Bar Association.
A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan issued notice to the Centre and the Bar Council of India.
During the hearing, the bench asked how could a petition under Article 32 (right to move court for protection of fundamental rights) of the Constitution be filed against a high court judgment.
On July 7, the Bombay High Court held POSH law applied only in an employer-employee relationship, therefore, women lawyers did not fall in its ambit.
The petitioner's counsel ...