Raj Kumar Makkad (Adv P & H High Court Chandigarh) 21 June 2010
Sh. Raj Kumar ji,
Sir, with respect I may like to know if you have gone over the draft bill, you will be schoked to see how gender biased it is especially towards rmen and homos*xuals.. Sexual Harassment at workplace crimes are gender neutral the world over since all countries recognize the fact that men and women can be equally victimized under this crime. India by making it a male only offence is taking a leap back in time.
In my profile under FILES section click on the PDF link which points to a PDF file that shows the relevant areas of the RTI response received from the WCD, highlighting the file notings during the drafting process of the SHWB. The first column titled “Gist of comment / suggestion” lists the representations received from the Indian public. The second column titled “Number of comments” shows the number of such representations received and the third and final column titled “Response” lists the reply that the WCD ministry has for accepting or rejecting these representations. The PDF depicts how the WCD ministry deliberately trampled overwhelming public opinion seeking a gender neutral s*xual harassment at workplace act .
I with respect to your kindself as a common man now would love to hear your expert comment on the gender nature of SHWB for common consumption.
There is no doubt that the WCD ministry has deliberately ignored s*xual harassment laws the world over, nor has it used credible research on s*xual harassment laws and statistics which are easily and widely available, to learn and understand that this crime is gender neutral. I hereby most respectfully reiterate my demands that the firstly WCD Ministry and NCW must be relieved from law making with immediate effect and be replaced by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and secondly men and homos*xuals must be offered equal protection under the s*xual harassment at workplace act and thus the bill must be amended to make sure that adequate language in incorporated to achieve the same.
With regards,