In 1997, the Supreme Court broke new ground for the cause of gender equality by setting out the first explicit definition of sexual harassment in the workplace and guidelines to deal with it. Twenty years on, how do we assess its legacy?
First, let’s recognise that this judgment – which came to be known as the Vishaka judgment/guidelines after the primary non-government organisation (NGO) that moved a public interest litigation — marked an emphatic leap forward for the cause of women’s rights for multiple reasons.
One, it went some way towards rectifying a depressing saga of lower court injustice against
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