In which one of the following cases the Supreme Court of India has laid down exhaustive guidelines for…
In its landmark judgment in Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan (1997), the Supreme Court of India invoked Articles 14, 15, 19(1)(g), and 21 read with the CEDAW convention to lay…
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In which one of the following cases the Supreme Court of India has laid down exhaustive guidelines for preventing sexual harassment of working women in place of their work ?
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In its landmark judgment in Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan (1997), the Supreme Court of India invoked Articles 14, 15, 19(1)(g), and 21 read with the CEDAW convention to lay down legally binding guidelines (‘Vishaka Guidelines’) for the prevention and redressal of sexual harassment of working women at workplaces.
Current law: Parliament subsequently enacted the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, codifying and expanding the Vishaka framework into statutory law.
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