A DELIBERATE CRITIQUE TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWS IN INDIA

Abstract

Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplaces (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 was legislated 15 years after the Vishakha judgement. The author argues that the sexual harassment law in India has not been deliberated enough despite the fact that the Parliament took more than a decade to enact it. This is unfortunate, considering that the legislature failed to take into consideration the vast amount of legal debates and opinions that provide more effective solutions to the issue of sexual harassment. The sexual harassment legislation is an example of a typical Indian enactment, which could be curatively improvised upon, but was not originally enacted to manage the issue in an effective manner