https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157170 In the absence of enacted domestic legislation, the constitutional guarantees of equality, dignity and the right to practise a profession were held to support reading international conventions and norms into fundamental rights to protect working women from sexual harassment at the workplace. The Court further held that, where such harassment violated fundamental rights and a legal vacuum existed, it could issue binding guidelines under Article 32 to prevent and redress workplace sexual harassment until suitable legislation was enacted. Those guidelines were declared enforceable as law until superseded by legislation. en-us Wed, 13 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:41:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157170 In the absence of enacted domestic legislation, the constitutional guarantees of equality, dignity and the right to practise a profession were held to support reading international conventions and norms into fundamental rights to protect working women from sexual harassment at the workplace. The Court further held that, where such harassment violated fundamental rights and a legal vacuum existed, it could issue binding guidelines under Article 32 to prevent and redress workplace sexual harassment until suitable legislation was enacted. Those guidelines were declared enforceable as law until superseded by legislation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 13 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157170