SHARANJEET KAUR vs IDBI BANK LTD

$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment pronounced on: 17.12.2025 W.P.(C) 17666/2024 and CM APPLs.75209/2024, 10583/2025, 33826/2025, 33840/2025, 33861/2025, 33862/2025, 33952/2025, 33953/2025, 38467/2025 SHARANJEET KAUR .....Petitioner Through: Petitioner in Person. Mr. Darpan Wadhwa (Sr. Advocate – Amicus Curiae) along with Ms. Rea Bhalla, Ms. Divita Vyas, Advocates. versus IDBI BANK LTD .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anirudh Bhakru, Mr. Sidhartha Barua, Mr. Kumar Arnav Singh Deo, Mr. Praful Jindal, Mr. Akash Mohan Srivastava, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA JUDGMENT 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner, an ‘aggrieved woman’ within the meaning of section 2(a)1 of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as ‘POSH Act’), seeking the following prayers: “A. Issue a writ in the nature of direction/order awarding compensation 1 Section 2. Definitions. (a) “aggrieved woman” means— (i) in relation to a workplace, a woman, of any age whether employed or not, who alleges to have been subjected to any act of sexual harassment by the respondent; (ii) in relatio