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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Vishaka v.
- State of Rajasthan is a 1997 Supreme Court of India judgment that laid down binding guidelines against sexual harassment of women at the workplace.
- What constitutional provisions did the Supreme Court rely on in Vishaka?
- How did Vishaka use international law?
- Are the Vishaka Guidelines still in force?

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1. 13 August 1997

   State of Rajasthan\*\* (1997) 6 SCC 241 is a landmark judgment of the Supreme Court of India delivered on by a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice J.S.

2. 22 April 2013

   Parliament ultimately enacted the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013—commonly called the POSH Act—whic…

3. 9 December 2013

   Parliament ultimately enacted the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013—commonly called the POSH Act—whic…

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In 1997 the Supreme Court of India, in Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan, formulated binding workplace anti-harassment guidelines after women's groups petitioned over the assault of social worker Bhanwari Devi.

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