The Delhi High Court today issued notice to the Centre on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of a penal provision on sexual harrassment on the ground that it was vague and susceptible to misuse.<br/><br/>The change in section 354A sexual harassment of the IPC was brought about after the horrific December 16, 2012 gangrape-cum-murder case.<br/><br/>A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar sought the response of the Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs and posted the matter for hearing on August 30.<br/><br/>The petition, filed by advocate Divyadeep Chaturvedi, sought striking down of provisions under section 354A of the IPC, including the one which says a man making sexually coloured remarks shall be guilty of sexual harassment.<br/><br/>The plea said the expression makes it impossible for a person of ordinary intelligence to know what is prohibited, so that he may act accordingly.