POSH Act in political parties: SC asks petitioner to move ECI
political parties to follow the procedure for protection of women at workplace under the 2013 POSH Act. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Manmohan asked the petitioner to approach the Election Commission of India (ECI) with a representation for the application of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act).
Senior advocate Shobha Gupta, representing PIL petitioner Yogamaya MG, said there were six national parties in the country that did not have a grievance redressal mechanism against sexual harassment in line with the directions of the apex court and the 2013 law.
The PIL arrayed 10 political parties including six national level parties — BJP, Congress, BSP, CPI(M), National People's Party and AAP.
The bench, however, observed political parties were registered under the Representation of Peoples Act and the competent authority under the law should be ECI, which was not made a party in the petition.
When Justice Surya Kant asked whether people who worked in shops or unorganised sector were also covered under the POSH Act, Gupta said the definition clause of the 2013 law itself covered all aggrieved women and workplaces and the Act covered such entities through local committees.
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