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Asking the crime branch of Delhi Police to investigate the cross complaints filed by the lawyers, the Bench asked the woman lawyer and the Bar leaders to amicably settle their disputes and directed that advocates from both sides should not be arrested in connection with the two cross FIRs filed by them against each other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 requires every workplace to set up committees to probe sexual harassment complaints.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: PTI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and AM Khanwilkar and Dr. DY Chandrachud, JJ\u00a0asked chief justices or acting chief 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