Vikrant, is the Supervisor in the factory. He resides in village Vadapur which is around 40 km away from Solapur. He used to travel on bike from his hometown. His wife, Ms. Chanda is the Sarpanch in village Vadapur. Ms.

Vikrant, is the Supervisor in the factory. He resides in village Vadapur which is around 40 km away from Solapur. He used to travel on bike from his hometown. His wife, Ms. Chanda is the Sarpanch in village Vadapur. Ms. Parvati is a domestic helper in the house of Ms. Chanda. Ms. Chanda on and often misbehaves with Ms. Parvati and sometimes, when the domestic work is not according to the expectation of Ms. Chanda, she speaks abusive words and insults Ms. Parvati in presence of neighbors. One day, some village people visited Ms. Chanda's house to discuss the village development issue. Ms. Chanda called on Ms. Parvati to serve water and tea to the villagers, but Ms. Parvati was busy in feeding her 4 months old baby, so she requested to wait for some time. Annoyed with this, Ms. Chanda passed on sexually coloured remarks on Ms. Parvati. Ms. Parvati, felt very ashamed. In the evening, Ms. Parvati told this incident to Kailash, her husband. Kailash on the advice of an Advocate, decided to take an action against Ms. Chanda under The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act). Kailash on the advice of an Advocate, decided to take action against Ms. Chanda under the POSH Act for misbehaving with her wife Ms. Parvati. It is a common belief that POSH Act comes into play only when there is a sexual harassment of woman at workplace. In the given case, there is no office/workplace and there is no harassment of woman by any man. Hence, the provisions of the POSH Act shall not be applicable. Do you agree with this contention ? Substantiate your answer.