April 2024

The Internal Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act 2013 plays a pivotal role as a body for redressing complaints of sexual harassment at the workplace. Playing this role goes beyond merely following legal processes as different parties face various emotions throughout the inquiry. In an inquiry, the

Indian law requires most businesses to provide maternity benefits to women employees in order to preserve their rights during pregnancy and after childbirth. The Maternity Benefit Act of 1961, which is applicable to all businesses with 10 or more employees, primarily governs maternity benefits in India. Who is the recipient? Every benefit provided by the

The Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013 has given the internal committee the powers of a civil court judge. This means that the IC in itself is a quasi-judicial body who has the power to operate as a judicial body while giving recommendations to the employer.  The prevention

The most recent report on crime against women in India by the NCRB says that there is an increase by 15.3% in the cases recorded in crime committed against women.  Cases like cruelty by husband or relatives, assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty, kidnapping and abduction of women and rape. Since these

१ परिस्थिति – रीमा अपनी दोस्त फ़रहा के घर चाय पर गई।वहाँ से वापस आते हुए वो सोसाइटी के गेट पर ऑटो रिक्शा का इंतज़ार कर रही थी और तभी एक बाइक पर दो लड़के आकर उसके साथ बद्तमीज़ी करने लगे। सोसाइटी के दोनों गार्ड्स दौड़ कर उसकी मदद करने पहुंचे और वह लड़के फरार