๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป (๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ฎ)
In 1992, after the gang rape of social worker Bhanwari Devi in Rajasthan and the subsequent acquittal of the attackers due to a lack of evidence, the Vishaka group filed a PIL in India’s Supreme Court. This case spotlighted the absence of laws against workplace sexual harassment, potentially violating women’s fundamental rights.
In the 1997 judgment, the Supreme Court recognized this gap as a violation of women’s rights under the Indian Constitution (Articles 14, 15, and 21) and defined workplace sexual harassment. They introduced “Vishaka Guidelines” that require employers to establish anti-harassment policies, women-led complaint committees, and impartial inquiries.
This case laid the foundation for addressing workplace sexual harassment in India, leading to the 2013 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act.
Citation: AIR 1997 SC 3011
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ: ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ.
