SC takes stock of POSH Act compliance across country
New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday took stock of the implementation of gender-sensitive provisions for women at workplaces across the country by asking high courts to report establishment of internal complaints committee across all courts and tribunals and directed states, union territories to comply with statutory requirement of appointing district and nodal officers for redressal of sexual harassment complaints.
In two separate proceedings, the court passed the orders - the first being a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by one Geeta Rani seeking uniform implementation of The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 or POSH Act, and the other being a pending petition fil...
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