Anonymous pleas on sexual harassment cases not to be entertained

Anonymous pleas on sexual harassment cases not to be entertained

 

Putting in place a mechanism to deal with sexual harassment complaints within its precincts, and acting on the recommendations of the committee against Sexual Harassment of Women At Workplace Chief Justice G Rohini, Delhi High Court has said all written complaints would be dealt with by D S Bhandari, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) of the high court administration. Also, the court made it clear that anonymous pleas would not be entertained.

The setting up of the GSICC had come close on the heels of a law intern's allegation of sexual harassment against a recently retired Supreme Court judge. Besides Justice Desai, the Supreme Court Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) has six other female members.

"Any anonymous complaint(s) regarding sexual harassment of women at workplace shall not be entertained," the order, issued by Joint Registrar S P S Premi, said. It also said the identity of the complainant would be kept secret. Earlier, the apex court had constituted a 10-member committee headed by its woman judge, Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, to deal with complaints of sexual harassment there.