Supreme Court Seeks Centre, Haryana’s Response on Menstrual Shaming Incident in Haryana College

The Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre and Haryana Government on an SCBA petition seeking nationwide guidelines after reports of menstrual shaming of female sanitation workers at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak.

The plea highlights that workers were asked to send photographs of sanitary pads to prove menstruation to avail leave, violating their dignity, privacy, and bodily autonomy under Article 21.

The petition seeks directions to prevent such practices nationwide and ensure humane menstrual-leave policies, with SCBA indicating it will propose draft guidelines.

The Court listed the matter for further hearing on December 15.

[SCBA v. UOI & Anr]