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Fresh Supreme Court PIL Seeks to Include Political Parties Under PoSH Act

Prompted by the Election Commission’s silence on a March representation, the case requests a court order mandating internal complaints committees for all political parties.

‘Women in politics deserve same protections’: Plea in SC for POSH compliance by political parties

Overview

  • The petition filed on July 24 by advocate Yogamaya MG argues that political parties qualify as employers under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act and must set up internal complaints committees.
  • It challenges the exclusion of female party workers from statutory protections and cites UN Women and Inter-Parliamentary Union studies on widespread harassment in political spaces.
  • After the Supreme Court in December 2024 directed the petitioner to approach the Election Commission, a representation sent in March has gone unanswered.
  • The PIL names the Union government, the Election Commission and major parties including the BJP, Congress, CPI(M), CPI, Trinamool Congress, NCP, NPP, BSP and AAP as respondents.
  • Invoking the Vishaka judgment, the case presses for enforceable grievance redressal structures to fill gaps in current gender-justice mechanisms within political organisations.