Section 11 of the Act, 'sexual harassment'
is defined as under:
11. Sexual harassment.- A person is
said to commit sexual harassment upon ... Between the two offences, punishment
provided for 'sexual harassment' as defined in Section
11 of the Act is a bigger
complaints from
aggrieved women (girl students of the
University) about the sexual harassment
at workplace (in this case, University
campus), it was obligatory ... inquired into by such
Committee being of "sexual harassment"
defined in Section 2(n) read with Section
complaints from aggrieved
women (girl students of the University) about
the sexual harassment at workplace (in this
case, University campus), it was obligatory ... inquired into by such
Committee being of "sexual harassment"
defined in Section 2(n) read with Section
whether
mental or physical) of the woman; or
(b) harassment of the woman where such harassment is
with a view to coercing ... whether mental or physical. Sub-section (b) of Section 86 would
define harassment to a woman for the purpose of meeting unlawful
demand
death, the deceased
was subjected to the ill treatment and harassment so as to
abet her to commit suicide. He also submitted that, at
this ... established the
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fact that there was ill treatment and harassment as
defined under section 498A of IPC. Hence, he submitted
that the judgment
Kum. Karishma vs Azgar on 22 November, 2023
Author: H.B.Prabhakara Sastry
Bench: H
State Of Karnataka vs Azgar on 22 November, 2023
Author: H.B.Prabhakara Sastry
Bench
whether
mental or physical) of the woman; or
(b) harassment of the woman where such
harassment is with a view to coercing ... commit
suicide or cause grave injury or danger to life. Harassment
is defined to force her to meet any unlawful demand for
any property
undefined.
2.2. He further submits that the term "sexual
harassment" is not defined under the ID Act, 1947
and is also not included ... workplace.
11. Section 2(n) of the Act, 2013 defines
"sexual harassment" as under;
"2(n) "Sexual harassment" includes
shall be a question of fact.
12. Punishment for sexual harassment.--
Whoever, commits sexual harassment upon a child
shall be punished with imprisonment of either ... present petitioners as to the alleged sexual
assault and sexual harassment as defined under Section 7
and 11 of the POCSO Act.
15. On careful
