SC directs all statutory bodies to implement Vishakha judgement

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has directed all statutory bodies including Bar Council of India to implement the 15-year-old Vishakha judgement.

The judgement lays down guidelines to deal with sexual harassment complaints at work places.

The Supreme Court's Vishakha Judgement of 1997 is a landmark in legal guidelines for cases of sexual harassment at the workplace.

This judgement was delivered after Bhanwari Devi a development worker in a Rajasthan state run programme tried to take a stand against child marriage and was gang raped by members of the Gujjar community for her interference.

In response to a petition by women's groups after this, the Supreme Court laid down that, "each incidence of sexual harassment of women at workplace results in violation of the fundamental rights gender equality and the right to life and liberty.

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