New Delhi, Nov. 28 -- The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) seeking nationwide binding guidelines to safeguard the privacy, dignity, bodily autonomy and health of women who are menstruating or facing gynaecological issues at workplaces and educational institutions.
The petition was moved following disturbing reports from Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Haryana, where women sanitation workers were allegedly subjected to humiliating physical checks to verify if they were menstruating.
A Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice R. Mahadevan commended the SCBA for bringing the matter to the Court.
Justice Nagarathna observed that if a worker was unable to perform heavy...