Kanika Marwaha Bindal advises companies on the documents they sign and the rules they must keep.
Irenic Legal is her independent practice in Gurugram, Haryana. It works with startups, growing companies and businesses based abroad, and trains organisations on POSH, POCSO and the DPDP Act.
Training and committee work
Kanika runs compliance sessions for companies and schools, written around each organisation's own policies, and sits as the external member on the POSH Internal Committees of companies.
- POSH, for employees and Internal Committees
- POCSO, for school staff and management
- DPDP, for teams that handle personal data
- External member, POSH Internal Committees
Insights
Employment & HR — updated 4 November 2026
Section 19 and Section 21 of the POCSO Act: Duty to Report and Punishment Explained
Section 19 of the POCSO Act requires any person who knows of, or apprehends, a sexual offence against a child to report it to the Special Juvenile Police Unit or the local police. Section 21 punishes failure to report with up to six months’ imprisonment, a fine, or both, and up to one year and a fine for a person in charge of an institution who fails to report about a subordinate. Since the Supreme Court’s 2026 ruling, a direct disclosure from a child is enough to trigger the duty.
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About Kanika
Kanika Marwaha Bindal is an advocate in Gurugram. She holds a postgraduate degree in Corporate Laws from National Law University, Jodhpur, and has been in practice for over eight years, advising clients in India, the UAE, the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia.
For businesses outside India she handles Indian trademark filings, contracts with Indian counterparties and questions under the DPDP Act.