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Sexual harassment is an uncomfortable subject to talk about. Every woman who is engaged in any workplace knows that it is a type of daily routine which one has to learn to tackle and has to find the way to come across from it. Many a times it goes beyond tolerance and that is the time when women protest, raise their voice and take the help of law.

One of the important questions which is raised that what happens when they report   crime. In 99 percent of the cases, questions are asked from woman. The official who is investigating the case blame the woman for the incidence. Whether the women raise a hue and cry but she is always asked. At the same time there are many officials who start giving her the character certificate. No one can believe that such a big professional can do such a thing. Ultimately investigating team start concluding that it is the woman’s fault. Either women were doing that or she instigated the person.

This uncomfortable subject once again being in topic after a young woman law graduate charged a retired judge of Supreme Court, Mr. Ganguly under who she interned had done sexual harassment with her. The incident took place in 2012, December when everyone was engaged in the case of brutal gang rape with a 23 year old woman in the same city.

This case is more important than other cases in two ways. First, the accused is a supreme court Judge, although he has retired since the incident. Secondly, it highlights the casual attitude towards sexual harassment that prevails in the hierarchy of violence against woman. Although the apex court in Vishaka case passed way for the sexual harassment of woman at workplace (prevention, prohibition and redressal) Act, 2013. The Supreme Court responded to the complaint by setting up a three judge committee.

Still the case is pending before the Supreme Court. A similar case in which a young woman lawyer has accused a former Supreme Court judge of sexually harassing her while she was interning with him in may 2011. Although in previous case Justice Ganguly was found guilty last month by a panel of Supreme Court of sexually harassing a lawyer. In the latest case, the lawyer, in the complaint to the Chief Justice of India P SANTHASIVAM last month, said that she was sexually harassed on the three occasions by a sitting judge of his residence. Name Swantenter Kumar. Let’s see what happens to the case .P. SANTHASIVAM said that that proper committee will be formed to investigate the case.

At a time when we increase our focus on violence against women in public, it is important to think that sexual harassment at the workplace is also another kind of violence. It always didn’t lead to physical harm. But it destroys a woman inner self. The woman who talks about the sexual harassment couldn’t be believed by the people. At working place colleagues, staffs start blaming them for the same. There are many people who don’t see a hope to get the justice.

We have to keep faith in law although now days the law saver are indulging themselves in these kind of activities. Until people don’t change their moral these kinds of incident will come in our eyes daily.