Government of India has introduced a law against sexual harassment – The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013, (POSH Act – Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act). The POSH Act 2013 provides for establishing Internal Complaints Committees (ICCs) in organisations to address complaints of sexual harassment and to create a safe working environment for women employees. It also seeks to create awareness about the issue of sexual harassment and to provide the necessary legal remedies to victims. Handbook of the Act is published by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

All India Council for Technical Education [AICTE] has modified the same for technical institutions [vide The Gazette of India: Extraordinary [Part III—Sec. 4]] and these regulations are called the All India Council for Technical Education (Gender Sensitization, Prevention and Prohibition of Sexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students and Redressal of Grievances in Technical Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2016.

The above-mentioned Court Order has placed responsibility on employers to ensure that women do not face a hostile environment. It has directed for the establishment of a redressal mechanism in the form of Complaints Committee, which will look into the matters of sexual harassment of women at the workplace.