Compensation received in lieu of a claim for sexual harassment not taxable: ITAT
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai (ITAT): A Bench comprising Saktijit Dey (JM) and Manoj Kumar Aggarwal (AM), allowed actor Sushmita Sen’s appeal
sexual harassment
Criminal proceedings quashed in light of amicable settlement between the parties: Bombay HC
Bombay High Court: A Division Judge Bench comprising of Ranjit More and Bharati H. Dangre, JJ., quashed the criminal proceedings for the
Quashing of FIR registered on charges of sexual harassment merely on apology would set a bad precedent: Delhi HC
Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of R.K. Gauba, J. dismissed a petition filed under Section 482 CrPC for quashing
Set up anti-sexual harassment committees in all courts across the country within 2 months: SC to HCs
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and AM Khanwilkar and Dr. DY Chandrachud, JJ asked chief justices or acting chief
Physical contact in an altercation does not amount to sexual harassment in the absence of sexual undertones
Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising of Vibhu Bakhru, J, dismissed a petition against an
CIC criticises NCW for violation of constitutional & statutory duties
Central Information Commission: The appellant, who was a Research Assistant at National Commission for Women, had filed an RTI application claiming that
Petitioner admonished for filing frivolous interlocutory application of sexual harassment by an opponent
Supreme Court: In the matter where the petitioner, who had filed a PIL pertaining to the challenge to the Animal Birth Control
Fair-play ordered in the Madhya Pradesh High Court Sexual Harassment case
Supreme Court: In a writ petition filed by Additional District and Sessions judge of Madhya Pradesh Higher Judicial Services casting accusations of
Cases of sexual harassment of minor girls by their relatives cannot be permitted to be compounded
Kerala High Court– Taking a stern stand against the cases of sexual harassment of minors by their close relatives, the bench of
Pondicherry University directed to amend Sections 2(h) and 8 of Ordinance No. 8 to include the expression ‘sexual harassment of students’
Madras High Court: While deciding the instant petition dealing with sexual harassment of the students within the college premises, the Court berating
Self-righteousness and self-importance blurs the distinction between an “assertion” and “evidence”
Delhi High Court: In a recent fiasco a former Research and Analytical Wing (RAW) officer claimed that orders of a Bench of