DMPQ: What are vishakha guidelines? ( Acts)

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These were laid down by the Supreme Court in a judgment in 1997. This was on a case filed by women’s rights groups, one of which was Vishaka. They had filed a public interest litigation over the alleged gang-rape of Bhanwari Devi, a social worker from Rajasthan. In 1992, she had prevented the marriage of a one-year-old girl, leading to the alleged gang-rape in an act of revenge.

 

Legally binding, these defined sexual harassment and imposed three key obligations on

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institutions — prohibition, prevention, redress. The Supreme Court directed that they establish a Complaints Committee, which would look into matters of sexual harassment of women at the workplace.

 

Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act was passed in 2013.It broadens the Vishaka guidelines, which were already in place.

 

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