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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

Rukmini, an employee of Bharat Components Ltd, is unable to file a complaint because of a serious mental incapacity following an incident. Under the Act, who may make the complaint on her behalf?

Her legal heir or such other person as may be prescribed may make the complaint. Section 9(2) allows this where the aggrieved woman cannot complain due to physical or mental incapacity, death or otherwise. Random co-workers or the Committee acting on its own are not authorised.

  1. AHer legal heir or such other person as may be prescribedCorrect
  2. BOnly the Presiding Officer of the Internal Committee on its own motion
  3. CAny co-worker, without any prescription
  4. DOnly the District Officer

Explanation

Section 9(2) provides that where the aggrieved woman cannot complain because of physical or mental incapacity, death or otherwise, her legal heir or such other person as may be prescribed may make the complaint. Co-workers have no general right and the Act does not give the Presiding Officer a suo motu power.

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