Overview
- Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan sought responses from the Union government and Haryana on the Supreme Court Bar Association’s petition.
- The petition asks for binding, nationwide protocols—on the lines of the Vishaka Guidelines—to prevent invasive menstruation checks in workplaces and educational institutions.
- The bench criticized the conduct as reflecting a troubling mindset and noted that employers can reassign heavy tasks when workers report period-related pain.
- MDU suspended two contractual supervisors, ordered an internal inquiry, and police registered cases under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions related to assault and outraging modesty.
- Haryana told the court the supervisors’ termination was referred to the recruiting agency and said the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act had been invoked; the matter returns to court on December 15.