Enforcement of sexual harassment law lacking, says India’s Supreme Court

Improperly constituted harassment panels could hinder effective inquiries, says court, adding that that the lack of enforcement was “disquieting”

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India’s Supreme Court has expressed deep concern over the “sorry state of affairs” surrounding “serious lapses” in the enforcement of a workplace anti-sexual harassment law, a decade since its enac