PSH

The term respondent has been defined under Section 2(m) of the Sexual Harassment of Women (Prevention Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 as a person against whom the aggrieved woman has made a complaint. Under the PoSH Act a respondent has the following rights: Procedural rights in an Inquiry According to Rule 3 of the act, […]

Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code describes consent as “an unequivocal voluntary agreement when the woman communicates a willingness to engage in the specific sexual act through words, gestures, or any other means of verbal or nonverbal communication.”  Further to this, the 2013 amendment to the law further states that “The amendment defines ‘consent’

The term respondent has been defined in Section 2(m) of the Sexual Harassment of Women (Prevention Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 as a person against whom the aggrieved woman has made a complaint. In an IC investigation, the respondent has the right to a copy of the written complaint while being called in for a

The PoSH law was enacted with the objective of making workplaces safer for women by preventing, prohibiting and redressing acts of sexual harassment against them in the workplace. One of the compliances of the law is the creation of the Internal Committee.  The Internal Committee (IC) is one of the redressal bodies under the PoSH

An FIR that can be filed at any police station irrespective of the place of crime and area of jurisdiction is referred to as a Zero FIR.   The police cannot refuse to file an FIR.  Once you register they are also urged to conduct a prelude investigation despite lack of jurisdiction. This is done in

An FIR is the first incident report that one submits once an offense has been committed.