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 her complaint proceeds. While conciliation can only occur at her request and cannot involve monetary settlement, the law makes one thing clear the

Effective from 21 November 2025, India’s long-awaited New Labour Codes have officially come into force, marking one of the most significant reforms in the country’s labour law landscape. By consolidating multiple central labour laws into four comprehensive Labour Codes, the Government of India has introduced a unified framework governing wages, employment conditions, social security, workplace safety, and compliance obligations. For employers, these changes go beyond procedur

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 to inquire into sexual harassment complaints when the respondent belongs to a different workplace or organisation. By adopting a pu

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 as a part of an exercise for practitioner's to learn from each others' body of work. Abstract:  In the closing moments of the film Chith

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