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Transgenders can file sexual harassment case under IPC
January 4 , 2019
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- Recently, the Delhi High Court has ruled that Section 354A of IPC can be used by transgender persons to register complaints of sexual harassment.
- The Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) deals with sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment.
- The development came after a transgender student’s complaint of sexual harassment was not entertained by the police as there was lack of an appropriate penal section to register such complaint.
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