CHENNAI: Giving more teeth to the definition of sexual harassment at the work place, Madras high court has held that the “act” is more important than the “intention” behind the act.“Unwelcome behaviour at the workplace is sexual harassment irrespective of the harasser’s intent,” JusticeR N Manjula said. “If something is not received well, and it…
KOCHI: Kerala HC has ruled that comments about a woman’s “fine body structure” can constitute a sexually coloured remark, thus falling within the scope of sexual harassment. Justice A Badharudeen made observation while dismissing recently a petition filed by a Kerala State Electricity Board employee, who sought to quash a case against him for allegedly…
MADURAI: Hugging and kissing between two persons in love is not sexual harassment, rather it is quite natural, observed Madras high court recently quashing a trial court proceedings against a 20-year-old man in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin. Srivaikuntam All Women Police had charged the man with sexually harassing a 19-year-old woman. In 2023, the man filed…
Trouble had a way of finding me, writes retired wrestler Sakshi Malik in her memoir, ‘Witness’. It found her at age 19 when fresh from winning gold at 2012 Asian Junior Championship at Kazakhstan’s Almaty, Malik faced what she describes as one of the most traumatic experiences of her life.In the autobiography, Malik, who became…
An AIIMS-Delhi female security guard has accused the chief security officer of sexual harassment and hurling casteist remarks at her. The medical institute has initiated investigation against the officer, PTI reported on Friday.The institute authorities are yet to comment on the matter.Sources indicate that the female guard has accused the chief security officer of sexually…
As protests against RG Kar doctor rape-murder case rage on across Kolkata and other parts of the country, the former Raj Bhavan staffer – who had accused Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose of sexual harassment – reminded everyone about her plea for justice while joining the agitation herself. “I did not find much support…
TIRUPATI: The TDP on Thursday suspended Satyavedu legislator Koneti Adimoolam from the party after a sexual harassment charge surfaced against him.A woman TDP leader from Satyavedu, who is a mother of two, shot off a complaint to party supremo and AP chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, accusing the Satyavedu MLA of subjecting her to sexual…
NEW DELHI: The Kerala high court has decided to form a special bench to hear matters related to the Justice K Hema committee report that cited instances of harassment and exploitation of women in the Malayalam film industry also known as Mollywood, Bar and Bench website reported.Multiple FIRs have been registered against many high profile…
T’PURAM: Director-screenwriter and Kerala Chalachitra Academy chairman Ranjith and Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) general secretary and actor Siddique resigned on Sunday from their posts over allegations of sexual harassment, while Kerala’s govt formed a police special team to probe the findings of the Justice K Hema Committee report and subsequent revelations and charges…
NEW DELHI: A court in Delhi issued an order on Thursday, instructing the police to promptly restore the security detail of a woman wrestler who has leveled allegations of sexual harassment against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the former president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).The interim order was passed by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate…
