Hema Committee report: Probe into cases progressing well, says Kerala High Court
The Hindu
Kerala High Court monitors progress in sexual assault cases with regard to Hema Committee report, appoints amicus curiae, and considers draft legislation for film industry.
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (November 7, 2024) said the investigation into the various cases in connection with the revelations of sexual assault and harassment in the Justice Hema Committee report was progressing well.
A Special Division Bench of Justices A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and C.S. Sudha made the observation after the Kerala government filed a report indicating the progress in the probe in 26 FIRs registered in connection with the revelations in the report.
The court also appointed an amicus curiae to collect and coordinate the various reports, suggestions and draft legislation relating to the issue of sexual harassment in the film industry.
The Bench was hearing several petitions related to the report of the panel.
The Advocate General (AG) appearing for the State and the police told the court that of the 26 FIRs registered in connection with the revelations in the report, in five, the complainants are refusing to cooperate with the investigation and in three, the complainants said their statements were not true.
Following the allegations of sexual harassment and exploitation cropping up against several actors and directors in the wake of the report being made public, the State government on August 25 had constituted a seven-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe these.
The SIT was later handed over the full unedited copy of the report on the directions of the High Court.
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