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In which of the following cases the Supreme Court of India has observed sexual harassment as a…

In Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan (1997), the Supreme Court held that sexual harassment of women at the workplace violates their fundamental rights under Articles 14, 15,…

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In which of the following cases the Supreme Court of India has observed sexual harassment as a violation of human rights ?

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In Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan (1997), the Supreme Court held that sexual harassment of women at the workplace violates their fundamental rights under Articles 14, 15, 19(1)(g) and 21 and is a violation of human rights, and it framed binding guidelines drawing on CEDAW. The guidelines were later given statutory form in the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. Shah Bano concerned maintenance of a divorced Muslim wife, and Tukaram v. State of Maharashtra (the Mathura case) concerned custodial rape.

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