Knocked the Supreme Court to advance gender justice: President
Knocked the Supreme Court to advance gender justice: President President Ramnath Kovind referred to the reference to the two-decade-old Visakha Guidelines implemented to prevent sexual harassment of women at the workplace. He also referred to the recent directive to give permanent commission and command posting to women officers in the army. President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday praised the efforts of the Indian judiciary to move ahead on the goal of gender justice and said that the Supreme Court has always been active and progressive. At the International Judicial Conference 2020 on 'Judiciary and the Changing World', the President said that the apex court has led progressive social change. He referred to the reference to the two-decade-old Visakha guidelines implemented to prevent sexual harassment of women at the workplace. He also referred to the recent instructions to give permanent commission and command post to women officers in the army. Kovind said- If you