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CS Executive · Setting Up of Business, Industrial and Labour Laws · Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

Kavita, a clerk at Bharat Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Pune, was prevented by serious illness from filing her complaint within three months of the last incident. She files it in the fourth month. Which statement is correct under the Act?

The Internal Committee may extend the time limit by a period not exceeding three months, provided it is satisfied that the circumstances prevented her from filing in time and it records its reasons in writing. The limit is therefore not absolute.

  1. AThe complaint must be rejected because three months is an absolute limit
  2. BThe Internal Committee may extend the time by up to a further three months, recording reasons in writing, if circumstances prevented her from filingCorrect
  3. CThe employer may extend the time by up to one year without any reasons
  4. DThe complaint may be extended only by a civil court

Explanation

The second proviso to section 9(1) lets the Internal Committee or Local Committee extend the time, for reasons recorded in writing, by not more than three months where circumstances prevented the woman from filing. Option A ignores this proviso. The power belongs to the Committee, not the employer or a civil court.

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