Women’s security and safety is the upmost priority of India. An IRS officer was accused of sexually harassing a woman in an other department the women moved to internal complaint committee of her department after which he was asked through a notice to present himself before the committee.The IRS officer moved to Central administrative tribunal to question the jurisdiction ICC in the matter of women’s complaint. But the Central administrative tribunal dismissed the play of the officers and compelled him to approach the High Court. Senior advocate Bhardwaj appeared before the court as by the side of petitioner where he are good that as per the rules of sexual harassment of women at workplace the harassment should be by its own colleage and in its own department. The petitioner officer’s case that ICC of a department cannot conduct an inquiry under the Act on a complaint by its officer against an employee who belongs to another department as he would not be within the disciplinary control of the department where the complainant is working. The court Pronounced that such interpretation attacks the very basic roots of the act sexual harassment of women at workplace[1].
The bench compromising C Harishankar and Manoj Jain said that there is nothing in the POsH act which limits the sexual harassment of women at workplace of the employee in her own department. The court directed The internal complaint committee to enquire into the matter as providing safe environment to women is pivotal.
Name- Divya Choudhary , College- National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi. , Semester-2nd semester (1ST Year), an intern under Legal Vidhiya.
[1] The Sexual Harrasment of Women at Workplace ( Prevention, prohabition and redressel) Act,
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