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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 3447

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
P.M.MANOJ, J
E. SHANAVAS KHAN – Appellant
Versus
THE KOLLAM BAR ASSOCIATION – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI.S.SREEKUMAR (KOLLAM), SRI.S.NAVAS, SHRI.K.VIJAYAN, SMT.NAMITHA RAJESH, SMT.NITHYA V.D., SRI.S.SREEKUMAR (SR.)
For the Respondents: SRI.K.SIJU, SMT.T.S.MAYA (THIYADIL), SRI.C.M.MOHAMMED IQUABAL, SHRI.S.ABHILASH, SMT.ANJANA KANNATH, SMT. MARIYA JOSE, SHRI.ISTINAF ABDULLAH, SHRI.SHEHSAD A.S., SRI.P.ABDUL NISHAD, SMT.DHILNA DILEEP, SMT.THASNEEM A.P., SMT.K.A.SUNITHA

Table of Content
1. legality of icc constitution under posh act (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. importance of understanding workplace definitions (Para 5 , 6 , 7)
3. petitioner's argument against icc jurisdiction (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15)
4. procedural details of the complaint and icc actions (Para 16 , 17 , 18 , 19)
5. counter-arguments regarding icc's capability (Para 20 , 21 , 22 , 23)
6. icc actions regarding workplace definitions (Para 24 , 25 , 26)
7. 3rd respondent’s claims against icc's legality (Para 27 , 28 , 29 , 30)
8. legal rights and protections under posh act (Para 31 , 32 , 33)
9. maintainability of writ petition (Para 34 , 35 , 36)
10. determination of icc's constituted authority (Para 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44)
11. final judgment on the legality of the actions taken (Para 45)

JUDGMENT :

The primary issues to be considered in this Writ Petition are the legality of the constitution of the Internal Complaints Committee (‘ICC’ for short) under the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (for short, the POSH Act), the enquiry conducted by the said committee, and the challenge to the suspension order is

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