Is your company compliant with Sexual Harassment laws?

In the wake of increasing instances of sexual offenses at women through the globe, employers have a greater role to play and responsibility to provide a safe and secure workplace for women employees. With employees spending a greater part of their day at work, it is imperative that women employees are provided with a safe and secure work environment in order to achieve women empowerment. In India, the enactment of a special statute in 2013 provides for a mechanism for prevention of sexual offenses against women at workplace. However, the legal position prior to 1997 was quite different wherein a person facing sexual harassment at workplace had to lodge a complaint under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code 1860...

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In “Advocates as Patent Agents” Case- IPO says “it has been appealed”

SP Chockalingam vs. Controller of Patents March 15, 2013 was a much-awaited date for the legal fraternity when Honourable Madras High Court pronounced a verdict on a writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking for issuance of a Writ of Declaration, that the amendment introduced to Section 126 of the Patents Act, 1970, by Section 67 (a) of the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005 (Act 15 of 2005) as illegal, unconstitutional, ultra vires and void. After several months have passed by, our Indian Patent Office (IPO) has not made a public statement as to whether it was going to appeal or implement the decision, to our knowledge.  In the interim, many advocates were curious to know...

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World Book and Copyright Day, April 23rd

April 23rd of every year has been celebrated World Book and Copyright Day for over 17 years now by UNESCO.  The member states of UNESCO all over the world celebrate the power of books to bring the world together. Books play a vital role in dissemination of information even at this digital age where webpages, tablet PC and mobile phone are widely used. From UNESCO, "23 April is a symbolic date for world literature for on this date in 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo. It was a...

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