The Supreme Court has held that the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) constituted at the workplace of an aggrieved woman has the jurisdiction to entertain a complaint under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act) against an employee belonging to a different department of the Government of India.

A Bench comprising Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Vijay Bishnoi , while dismissing an appeal filed by an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, ruled that the definition of “workplace” under the POSH Act is broad and the Act must be interpreted to further its social welfare intent. The Court clarified that the phrase “where the respondent is an employee” in Section 11 of the Act is a procedural provision and not a jurisdictio

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