What is POSH Act

What is the PoSH Act? What are the provisions of the act? What is the history of sexual harassment laws in India? Read to know more.

Why PoSH Act is in news recently: Bombay High Court’s controversial guidelines restricting the media from reporting on cases of sexual harassment at the workplace have been challenged in the Supreme Court.

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013 (also referred to as the “POSH Act”) came into existence in 2013.

The Act establishes a mechanism for dealing with sexual harassment complaints in the workplace.