India, Sept. 16 -- The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking to bring registered political parties under the ambit of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013.

Refusing to extend the law to political parties, the top court held that they cannot be seen as "workplaces", adding that the members usually join voluntarily without remuneration and are not "employees".

The SC was hearing a special leave petition, filed by a lawyer, which challenged a 2022 Kerala high court judgement that said political parties were not obligated to constitute Internal Complaints Committees under the POSH Act.

* Senior advocate Shobha Gupta, appearing for petitioner Yogamaya MG, argued that the POSH Ac...