India: Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

The Government of India (hereinafter referred as GOI) has come up with the new labour laws, namely, Code of Wages 2019 (hereinafter referred as Wages Code), Code of Social Security, 2020 (hereinafter referred as Social Security Code), Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (hereinafter referred as OSHW Code) and Industrial Relation Code, 2020 (hereinafter referred as IR Code).

This article, the third in our PoSH Gap Series, examines the issue of institutional bias arising from improper Internal Committee ("IC") composition that results in the denial of a fair and impartial hearing to respondents.

In a significant judgement, the Hon'ble Bombay High Court addressed the disciplinary actions taken by the Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) against a final year law student, who was found guilty of sexual harassment multiple times.