New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday, rejected 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, stating that the move would open a Pandora's box and become a tool for blackmail and misuse.

A bench comprising of the Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and Atul S Chandurkar made the observations while hearing the plea.

"How do you equate political parties as workplace? When a person joins a political party, it is not employment. It is not a job as they join political parties on their own volition and on non-remuneration basis. How can the law against sexual harassment at workplace...