Supreme Court of India

Medha Kotwal Lele and Others v. Union of India

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Reported as [2012] 9 S.C.R. 895
Bench R.M. Lodha, Anil R. Dave and Ranjan Gogol JJ.
Decided 19 October 2012

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that if there is any non-compliance E or nonadherence to the Vishaka guidelines, orders of this Court following Vishaka and the above directions, it will be open to the aggrieved persons to approach the respective High Courts.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

SEXUAL HARASSMENT: Sexual harassment of women at work places - 'Vishaka' guidelines - Implementation of - Further directions given by Court to make amendments in service Rules and Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules and to form adequate number of Complaints Committees at different levels - Report of complaints Committee to be treated as report in the o disciplinary proceedings by Inquiry Officer and such report to be acted upon accordingly - State functionaries, private and public sector organizations, Bar Council of India, State Bar Councils, Medical Council of India and all

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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