Belated POSH Complaints Cannot Be Rejected at the Threshold Without Considering Reasons for Delay: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that complaints of sexual harassment at the workplace cannot be rejected merely because they were filed after the prescribed time limit under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Court observed that before rejecting a complaint on the ground of delay, the Internal Complaints Committee must examine the reasons for the delay and decide the issue after…