POSH Judgements, India 2025

This dataset compiles 74 reported judicial decisions from Indian High Courts and the Supreme Court of India interpreting and applying the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act, 2013 and its allied Rules, decided between January 2024 and October 2025. It is not limited to any single industry; the cases arise from banks, universities, IITs, government departments, and private-sector employers, decided by the Delhi High Court (14), Kerala High Court (10), Karnataka and Madras High Courts (7 each), Madras High Court – Madurai Bench (6), Calcutta High Court (6), the Supreme Court (3), and twelve other High Courts. Each record documents the case citation, deciding bench, a summary of facts, the legal issue(s) considered, the court's analysis/holding, and descriptive keywords identifying the procedural or substantive POSH issue at stake (e.g., limitation, cross-examination, Principles of Natural Justice, IC/LC jurisdiction, interim relief, retaliation). Judgments were identified via Manupatra, with section-wise indexing data (Sections 1–30 of the POSH Act, 2013–2025) collected between 01 November 2025 and 03 November 2025 and reported in a companion summary sheet. Limitations: Data was manually extracted and may not capture every judgment indexed on the source database; only final orders (not interim orders passed during pendency) were extracted; and section-level totals in the companion sheet overcount individual judgments, since a single judgment may be indexed under multiple sections.