SC seeks nationwide norms against period checks at workplaces

The Supreme Court on Friday set out to examine nationwide guidelines to ensure women and girls are not subjected to so-called period checks during menstruation at workplaces or educational institutions that go against the dignity and privacy of individuals.

- Abraham Thomas

The court order came on a petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) which demanded guidelines in light of a shocking incident in Haryana last month where three sanitation workers at the Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak were asked to provide photographs of their sanitary pads as evidence of menstruation when they complained of menstrual sickness.