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Rethinking Protection in the Legal Profession
Meghana
• Mar 17, 2026 • 4 min read

Rethinking Protection in the Legal Profession

The legal profession occupies a unique position within workplace regulation. Advocates often work as independent practitioners rather than employees, and professional spaces such as Bar Associations, court complexes, and chambers do not always fall neatly within traditional employer and employee structures. Yet these spaces function as workplaces in every practical

Conciliation Under POSH: A Procedural Safeguard, Not a Formality
Meghana
• Feb 18, 2026 • 3 min read

Conciliation Under POSH: A Procedural Safeguard, Not a Formality

Conciliation under Section 10 of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (1) is often misunderstood. It is neither a compulsory pre-condition to inquiry nor a mere administrative formality. It is a statutory safeguard designed to give the aggrieved woman agency in deciding how

Access Over Technicalities: Supreme Court’s Expansion of IC Jurisdiction under the POSH Act
Meghana
• Jan 30, 2026 • 4 min read

Access Over Technicalities: Supreme Court’s Expansion of IC Jurisdiction under the POSH Act

In a landmark judgment delivered in December 2025, the Supreme Court of India significantly expanded the jurisdiction of Internal Complaints Committees (ICs) under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (1) (POSH Act). The ruling settles a long-standing ambiguity around who has the authority

Whose Voice Defines Justice? Exploring the Applicability of Restorative Justice Principles in Cases of Workplace Sexual Harassment
Meghana
• Jan 21, 2026 • 19 min read

Whose Voice Defines Justice? Exploring the Applicability of Restorative Justice Principles in Cases of Workplace Sexual Harassment

By Nitya Sriram - Senior Lead Programs, TrustIn. This paper was presented at the first ever Indian RJ Conference held on 20th to 21st November, Reimagining Justice: Exploring Restorative Approaches in the Indian Context at Christ University, Bangalore in partnership with Unicef, Ashiyana Foundation, Enfold and Counsel to Secure Justice

The Women PoSH Law is Leaving Behind.
Meghana
• Aug 29, 2025 • 5 min read

The Women PoSH Law is Leaving Behind.

India’s Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (PoSH Act) is powerful and broad legislation that continues to leave gaps. A July 2025 Bombay High Court ruling clarified that advocates are not covered by PoSH’s employer-based mechanism because bar councils aren’t their

Beyond Visibility: Making Indian Workplaces Truly Inclusive for Transgender People
Meghana
• Jul 29, 2025 • 4 min read

Beyond Visibility: Making Indian Workplaces Truly Inclusive for Transgender People

Understanding the Landscape of Gender Gender identity, though often assumed to be binary, is a broad and deeply personal spectrum. Cisgender individuals are those whose gender identity aligns with the sex assigned to them at birth such as someone assigned female at birth who identifies as a woman. In contrast,

In Unsafe Systems, We Are All Survivors
Meghana
• Jun 25, 2025 • 4 min read

In Unsafe Systems, We Are All Survivors

Who is a survivor in the systems we have created? Women? Trans and non-binary persons? Minority communities? Children? Men? In the last 13 months at TrustIn, I’ve been shadowing our Founder, Meghana Srinivas, and supporting the handling of case escalations under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,

How the "Do No Harm" Principle Guides Organizations in Creating Workplace Policies.
Meghana
• Dec 3, 2024 • 7 min read

How the "Do No Harm" Principle Guides Organizations in Creating Workplace Policies.

Exploring how the "Do No Harm" principle can guide organisations in creating fair, respectful, and safe organizational policies. The principle of “Do No Harm,” is deeply rooted in the medical profession’s ethos of beneficence. While it is often associated with minimizing physical harm, the principle offers a