Four professors of a prestigious University in Kolkata have been accused of sexual harassment and nepotism by students. They have been alleged to have sought unsolicited sexual favours from female students. Further they have also been accused of sending links of pornographic sites to several female students. However, amidst such protest with posters demanding death penalty against the accused, a section of the students apprehend the protest to be a conspiracy to malign the professors. Two years back, the same University shook in protests against sexual harassment by an Assistant-Professor.

In a landmark judgment impacting the compensation payable under the ECA Act, the Madras High Court has ruled the loss of internal organs as a permanent disability. The Court has asked the Centre to enact necessary amendments to include injuries to internal organs like, kidneys, lungs, livers etc as scheduled injuries under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923. The Court was hearing a case relating to a factory worker who had suffered internal injuries in the year 2000, in a fall during work inside a Factory. However, he was denied compensation on the ground that loss of one kidney was not a disability under the ECA. Earlier, the ESI Court at Puducherry had awarded a compensation of Rs. 2 Lakhs to the victim, which was appealed by the Employees State Insurance Corporation in the Madras High Court. Rejecting the appeal, the Hon'ble High Court has enhanced the compensation to Rs. 2.5 Lakhs, treating the loss of kidney as a permanent disability.

A private bank employee has complained of sexual harassment against the Branch Manager. In her tweet she has described how her Manager would call her to the locker room which is a zone without CCTVs and would touch her inappropriately. The Branch Manager threatened to destroy her career if she did not succumb to his demands. She has also tweeted that a couple of days back she had received a transfer order but had not been apprised of which branch she had been transferred to. She further complained that the branch where the incident had taken place had no POSH Committee. She had complained to seniors but no action as taken. The Police has registered a case under section 354 of IPC. The bank has now assured to look into the matter with utmost importance.