Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) is deeply anguished by the incident of sexual harassment of a Gwalior additional district judge by a judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court which came to light on 4th August 2014 and is outraged by the fact that the complainant has had to resign from her job in the face of continuous persecution by the High Court judge in question (who was the administrative judge of her district) and the conspiracy of silence of his brother judges, including the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court.
The fact that the complainant heads the District Vishakha Committee against sexual harassment is an indicator of the alarming gaps in the way the Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place Act, 2013 is being implemented in the country in general, and the judiciary in particular.
WSS 