The law on sexual harassment

The Central government has enacted a law in 2013 for providing safe environment for women at workplace and Addressing the cases of sexual harassment at workplace. The Act may be called as Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and it extends to whole of India. The District Court

According to the Section 2(n) of the Act the term “sexual harassment” includes any one or more of the following acts:

• Physical contact and advances; or
• A demand or request for sexual favors: or
• Making Sexually coloured remarks; or
• Showing pornography: or
• Any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non- verbal conduct of sexual nature
• Use of electronic media (phone, internet, intranet) for perpetrating any of the above
• Any other unwelcome physical, verbal, or non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature