PoSH Committee’s timeline to complete the inquiry within 90 days under the PoSH Act

PoSH Committee’s timeline to complete the inquiry within 90 days under the PoSH Act
PoSH Act 2013

All PoSH Committee members need to be aware of the following significant statement that the Delhi High Court made on January 11, 2023:Even if the Committee does not complete the investigation within the 90-day period specified by Section 11(4) of the PoSH Act, 2013, the investigation will continue, and the deadline "cannot be regarded to be required."Because the PoSH Committee was unable to complete the investigation within 90 days, the petitioner in this case—a chartered accountant—asked that the proceedings be stopped.The Court further noted that the petitioner was unable to demonstrate any harm that the delay had done to him.

The Court further noted that the petitioner was unable to demonstrate any harm that the delay had done to him.

It was also emphasised that in the interest of both the complainant and the respondent, such allegations "deserve to be regarded with a certain amount of seriousness and responsibility" and must be investigated and "brought to their logical conclusion,"

Justice Vikas Mahajan added, "I am prima facie of the view that the complaint of sexual harassment and the inquiry proceeding emanating therefrom cannot be quashed merely for the reasons that the internal complaints committee (ICC) failed to complete the inquiry within the time period given in Section 11(4) of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)


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