ORISSA HIGH COURT GIVES LAST CHANCE TO CENTRE, STATE TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 19B) POSH ACT; DISPLAY PENAL CONSEQUENCES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT, PROVIDE COMPLAINT NO

The Orissa High Court in the case Biyat Pragya Tripathy v. Government of Odisha & Ors observed and has given last chance to authorities under both the Union and the State Government to implement the mandate as stated under Section 19(b) of the Sexual Harassment of Women and Workplace (the Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, i.e., the ‘POSH Act’.

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The court stated that the said provisions require all the employers in order to display at any conspicuous place in the workplace, the penal consequences of sexual harassments; and the order constituting the Internal Committee constituted as stated under Section 4(1).

The Division bench comprising of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice Murahari Sri Raman in the case observed wherein the plea is moved by one Biyat Pragya Tripathy and has issued the notice to the opposite parties on December 07, 2022, wherein the court directed them to file affidavit showing the status of implementation of Section 19(b) of the POSH Act.