The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court over the reports that women workers at the Maharashi Dayanand University, Haryana , were allegedly subjected to degrading checks to verify whether they were menstruating. It seeks directions to the Union Government and the State of Haryana to conduct a detailed inquiry into this incident.

The SCBA has also prayed for the guidelines to be laid to ensure that the right to health, dignity, bodily autonomy and privacy of women and girls are not violated when they are menstruating and related gynaecological issues at the workplace and at educational institutions

According to the petition, on October 26, the three sanitation workers were called to duty on Sunday due to the visit of the Haryana Governo

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