Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Thursday constituted a special bench to consider the petitions related to. Justice K. Hema Committee Report working conditions of women In the film industry. As per the order of Acting Chief Justice A Muhammad Mustaque, a bench of Justice A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice C S Sudha was constituted.
In the morning session of the court, a division bench headed by the Acting Chief Justice examined the need for appointment of a special sessions judge. Special benches The order was passed in response to an appeal filed by filmmaker Sajimon Parayil against the single bench order to release the Hema panel report.
Four more petitions related to the report are still pending in the High Court. One of these, filed by Pachira Navas of Thiruvananthapuram, seeks criminal proceedings against those involved in the incidents mentioned in the report. While considering this petition, the division bench had directed the Kerala government to submit the entire report in a sealed cover to decide what action can be taken. It had also made the Kerala Women’s Commission a party to the petition and fixed the next hearing of the case on September 10.
Two Kochi-based lawyers, A. Jananath and Amrita Premjeet, have filed a PIL in the High Court demanding that cbi investigation In Sexual harassment allegations The report explains in detail.
In another petition, TP Nandakumar from Kozhikode has sought direction to the state police chief to register an FIR against those responsible for the crimes mentioned in the report.
Former MLA Joseph M. Puthussery has also filed a PIL seeking direction to the police to take appropriate action on the findings of the Hema Committee.
A major portion of the Hema Committee report, released on August 19, after redacting references to protect the privacy of individuals, revealed shocking observations. Sexual Exploitation and neglect of women’s rights in the industry.
Panels formed after 2017 actor assault case An SIT probing sexual abuse allegations involving actor Dileep submitted its report in 2019, but the government suppressed it for nearly five years, citing sensitive information. After the release of the Hema Committee report, the government has formed an SIT to investigate the allegations of sexual abuse that have surfaced in the industry.
In the morning session of the court, a division bench headed by the Acting Chief Justice examined the need for appointment of a special sessions judge. Special benches The order was passed in response to an appeal filed by filmmaker Sajimon Parayil against the single bench order to release the Hema panel report.
Four more petitions related to the report are still pending in the High Court. One of these, filed by Pachira Navas of Thiruvananthapuram, seeks criminal proceedings against those involved in the incidents mentioned in the report. While considering this petition, the division bench had directed the Kerala government to submit the entire report in a sealed cover to decide what action can be taken. It had also made the Kerala Women’s Commission a party to the petition and fixed the next hearing of the case on September 10.
Two Kochi-based lawyers, A. Jananath and Amrita Premjeet, have filed a PIL in the High Court demanding that cbi investigation In Sexual harassment allegations The report explains in detail.
In another petition, TP Nandakumar from Kozhikode has sought direction to the state police chief to register an FIR against those responsible for the crimes mentioned in the report.
Former MLA Joseph M. Puthussery has also filed a PIL seeking direction to the police to take appropriate action on the findings of the Hema Committee.
A major portion of the Hema Committee report, released on August 19, after redacting references to protect the privacy of individuals, revealed shocking observations. Sexual Exploitation and neglect of women’s rights in the industry.
Panels formed after 2017 actor assault case An SIT probing sexual abuse allegations involving actor Dileep submitted its report in 2019, but the government suppressed it for nearly five years, citing sensitive information. After the release of the Hema Committee report, the government has formed an SIT to investigate the allegations of sexual abuse that have surfaced in the industry.
