A bench headed by Justice R M Lodha said "lip service and hollow statements" are not enough to uplift the condition of women and asked the governments to put in place law to tackle the problem.
"The Vishaka judgement came on 13.8.1997. Yet, 15 years after the guidelines were laid down by this court for the prevention and redressal of sexual harassment and their due compliance under Article 141 of the Constitution of India until such time appropriate legislation was enacted by Parliament, many women still struggle to have their most basic rights protected at workplaces. The statutory law is not in place," a bench headed by Justice R M Lodha said.
"Lip service, hollow statements and inert and inadequate laws with sloppy enforcement are not enough for true and genuine upliftment of our half most precious population
