Writ petition seeking wide publicity of sexual harassment guidelines at workplaces was withdrawn by counsel. Court dismissed the petition as withdrawn and the connected miscellaneous petition.
None granted; petition dismissed as withdrawn.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 02.11.2015
CORAM :
The Hon'ble MR.SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, CHIEF JUSTICE AND The Hon'ble MRS.JUSTICE PUSHPA SATHYANARAYANA
W.P. No.35202 of 2015
and
M.P.No.1 of 2015
1.K.Ambujam
2.Jwalaa, NGO
rep. By its Secretary, K.Ambujam.
3.P.K.Saru ...Petitioners
-vs-
1. Union of India,
through its Secretary,
Ministry of Woman and Child Development
New Delhi.
2. State of Tamil Nadu,
through its Chief Secretary,
Fort St. George, Chennai.
3. Tamil Nadu State Commission for Women,
through its Chair Person,
Chennai.
4. Dept. Of Women and Child Protection,
Govt. of Tamil Nadu through its Secretary,
Secretariat, Chennai.
5. Dept. Of Personal and Training,
Through its Secretary, Govt. of India,
New Delhi.
6. Directorate of Social Welfare Dept.,
Through its Director, Govt. of Tamilnadu,
Guindy Industrial Estate, Guindy, Chennai.
Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issue of Writ of Mandamus to direct respondents 1 to 6 to forthwith give wide publicity and circulate the provisions of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace, guidelines laid down by the Apex Court in Vishaka & Ors. vs. State of Rajasthan and the step guide issued by the 5th respondent, Dept. of Personnel & Training dated 16.07.2015 for conducting inquiry in Sexual Harassment cases for the preservation and enforcement of right to gender equality of working women in all workplaces as defined under the Act, appoint an independent committee to go into / inquire and submit a report to this Court within the time frame with regard to the need to give the set of reliefs adumbrated in Annexure to the affidavit.
For Petitioners : Mrs.Poornima
for M/s.V.Vijayakumar
For Respondents : Mr.Su.Srinivasana,
Asst. Solicitor General for RR1 & 5
: Mr.S.T.S.Murthi, Govt. Pleader
for RR 2 to 4, 6 & 8
O R D E R
(Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble Chief Justice)
After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioners
seeks to withdraw the petition in view of our putting to the
counsel that the relief is extremely vague and there must be a
specific grievance qua some aspect and that too, by an affected
party. An endorsement is made.
2.Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs.
Consequently, M.P.No.1 of 2015 is also dismissed.
Sd/-
Assistant Registrar(CS-V)
//True Copy//
Sub Assistant Registrar
sra
To
1. The Secretary
Union of India, Ministry of Woman and Child Development
New Delhi.
2. Chief Secretary,
State of Tamil Nadu,
Fort St. George, Chennai.
EV (CO) PSI (16.11.2015)
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Vishaka & Ors. vs. State of RajasthanReferred¶8
K. Ambujam
Jwalaa, NGO
P. K. Saru
Union of India
State of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu State Commission for Women
Sanjay Kishan Kaul
Pushpa Sathyanarayana
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