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Legal and Judicial Innovations-just a formality or a step ahead? INTRODUCTION â€Å"That country and that nation that do not respect women have never become great, nor ever be in future†. Swami Vivekananda The Constitution of India guarantees fundamental right to equality to women. It states that women have the fundamental rights to life with human dignity, to equality, and to work in ones chosen profession or trade. The right to human dignity included protection from sexual harassment. Article 42 emphasises that the â€Å"State shall make provision for securing just and humane conditions of work and for maternity relief†. The Constitution guarantees certain fundamental freedom to women as it considers that as a bedrock for democracy. In spite of these constitutional guarantees, the Indian society even after more than six decades since Independence considers women as subservient to men. Sexual harassment is rampant in the society including the workplace. 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