Sexual Harassment

McDonald's Workers Say Time's Up On Sexual Harassment

World News | Hamza Shaban, The Washington Post | Wednesday May 22, 2019

More than two dozen current and former McDonald's workers filed sexual harassment complaints Tuesday to confront what they say is widespread misconduct at the fast-food behemoth.

McDonald's Faces 25 New Sexual Harassment Complaints From Workers

World News | Reuters | Tuesday May 21, 2019

McDonald's Corp was accused on Tuesday in 25 new lawsuits and regulatory charges of condoning sexual harassment in the workplace and retaliating against employees who speak up.

Air India Pilot Accused Of Sex Harassment Barred From Airline Premises

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Tuesday May 21, 2019

An Air India pilot accused of sexual harassment by a junior colleague has been barred from entering the premises of the airline without permission, news agency PTI quoted an official as saying today.

Delhi High Court Seeks Reply From JNU Over Plea In Sexual Harassment Case

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2019

The Delhi High Court Monday sought JNU's response on a plea by several women students seeking early hearing on a contempt petition filed against the varsity and a professor who is accused in a sexual harassment case.

Need To Come Down "Very, Very Heavily" On Sex Offenders: Air India Chief

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2019

Sexual harassment cases are "often" being witnessed at Air India and the airline needs to come down "very very heavily" on such offenders, the company's Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani told employees on Thursday, after a sexual harassment case was filed by its pilot.

"Don't You Need To Have Sex Everyday?" Air India Pilot Accuses Senior Of Asking

India News | Agencies | Wednesday May 15, 2019

Air India is investigating a senior captain for alleged sexual harassment after a woman pilot complained against him to the management, a spokesperson of the state-run carrier said.

Policeman Flashes Women On Balcony In Mumbai Home, Arrested

Mumbai News | ANI | Wednesday May 15, 2019

A case has been filed against a police constable in Mumbai for allegedly flashing before women in Nehru Nagar, the police said on Tuesday.

Delhi Man Killed For Protesting Daughter's Harassment, Locals Made Videos

Delhi News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Wednesday May 15, 2019

A 51-year-old businessman was stabbed to death allegedly by four people when he confronted them for harassing his daughter in Delhi's Moti Nagar area on Saturday night. The victim's family members claimed that passersby remained apathetic through it all, shooting the incident on their mobile phones instead of trying to help him.

35 Detained For Protesting Against Chief Justice In Delhi's Mandi House

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 10, 2019

Thirty-five people, including 25 women, were detained Friday for trying to carry out a protest march at Mandi House against the enquiry procedure adopted in the sexual harassment complaint against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, a senior police officer said.

Attorney General Letter Had Asked For Ex-Judges In Chief Justice Inquiry

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday May 10, 2019

A day before the Supreme Court set up an in-house panel to inquire into sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, the government's top lawyer, Attorney General KK Venugopal, had written to five senior most judges asking for external members - retired judges -- on the panel.

Inquiry Panel Acted Like "Members Of A Club" In Case Against Chief Justice: Arun Shourie

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 9, 2019

The Judges of the In-House Inquiry Committee of the top court, which gave a clean chit to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on the allegations of sexual harassment against him, has done grave "injustice to the complainant, the CJI and the Supreme Court as an institution," former Union Minister Arun Shourie said on Wednesday.

Women Protesting Top Court Panel's Clean-Chit To Chief Justice Detained

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 8, 2019

Seventeen women were detained on Wednesday while they were protesting in New Delhi against the procedure adopted to enquire a sexual harassment case against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.

"Have Right To The Report": Woman Who Complained Against Chief Justice

India News | Written by A Vaidyanathan | Tuesday May 7, 2019

The woman who had accused Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment, today demanded that she be provided with a copy of the report of the Supreme Court's in-house committee that cleared him of the charges. Denying her a copy of the report, she said, "was a travesty of justice".

Protests Outside Supreme Court After Panel Clears Chief Justice

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Debanish Achom | Tuesday May 7, 2019

A protest broke out outside the Supreme Court today after an in-house panel of the Supreme Court cleared Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sex harassment allegations on Monday. Women lawyers and members of some non-profit groups turned up outside the Supreme Court and shouted slogans this afternoon under the blazing sun.

"Dejected, Terrified," Says Woman After Court Panel Clears Chief Justice

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday May 7, 2019

The woman who accused Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment, on Monday said she was "highly disappointed and dejected" to learn that he was cleared by the three-member Supreme Court panel that was looking into the matter. She also said she was "extremely scared and terrified" and she and her family members "remain vulnerable to the ongoi...