‘No Vishaka Guidelines At Religious Places’: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking directions to implement sexual harassment committees in religious institutions. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said judicial orders can’t be passed on this plea as Visakha guidelines cannot be extended to religious places. “Why don’t you file a criminal complaint? How can Vishaka guidelines be extended to religious places?” he said. A PIL was moved in the apex court seeking an extension of its Vishakha guidelines to religious places, including ‘ashrams’, ‘madrassas’ and Catholic institutions, to check the rampant rise in sexual exploitation of women in such places. (IANS)

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