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Parties not workplaces, POSH law can't apply: SC
Hindustan Times
|September 16, 2025
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking to extend the law on prevention of sexual harassment at workplaces to political parties, holding that parties cannot be treated as "workplaces" and their members are not "employees".
A bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai, and also comprising justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria, said adopting such an expansive view would open a "pandora
This story is from the September 16, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times.
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