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Abstract: There are so many crimes committed against women in the form of dowry, violence, rape, stalking, sexual harassment, etc. and the most common problem now a days faced by the working women at work place is Sexual harassment. Although the Constitution has provided the equal status to the women but still it is on the paper and not in the reality. After the landmark judgment of Vishakha, by understanding the need of hour The Sexual Harassment Act, 2013 came into existence to protect the rights of women at workplaces. The Act is the wonderful piece of legislation because it not only provides protection to the women at work place but also it provides the redressal committee to hear and entertain the complaints of working women at workplace. If there is any truth in the complaint made by the women then it follows the appropriate procedure in providing justice to the women. An effort is made by the researcher to summarize the content of the Sexual harassment Act and tries to find out the reason that why the Act is unsuccessful in achieving its objective.