KOCHI: The Kerala HC on Thursday constituted a particular division bench to contemplate petitions associated to Justice Ok Hema Committee report on girls’s working situations in movie trade. The bench, comprising Justices AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and CS Sudha, was constituted as per orders of Appearing Chief Justice A Muhamed Mustaque.
Within the morning session of the courtroom, a division bench headed by Appearing Chief Justice examined the necessity for a particular bench in response to an enchantment filed by movie producer Sajimon Parayil towards a single bench order to launch Hema panel report.
4 extra petitions linked to the report are pending within the HC now. One in every of these, filed by Paichira Navas of Thiruvananthapuram, seeks felony proceedings towards these implicated within the incidents described within the report. The division bench had, whereas contemplating this petition, directed Kerala govt to submit the complete report in a sealed cowl to find out what motion might be taken. It had additionally impleaded Kerala Girls’s Fee within the petition and posted the case to Sept 10.
Two Kochi-based attorneys, A Jannath and Amrutha Premjith, have approached the HC with a PIL searching for CBI probe into sexual assault allegations detailed within the report.
In one other petition, TP Nandakumar of Kozhikode has sought a directive to state police chief to register an FIR towards these answerable for the offences detailed within the report.
Former MLA Joseph M Puthusserry has additionally filed a PIL, searching for a directive to police to take applicable motion on the findings of the Hema Committee.
A considerable portion of Hema Committee report, after redacting references to people to guard their privateness, was launched on Aug 19, revealing its surprising observations on sexual exploitation and disrespect for girls’s rights within the trade.
The panel, fashioned after the 2017 actor assault case involving actor Dileep, submitted its report in 2019, however govt saved it below wraps for practically 5 years, citing delicate info. Govt has fashioned a SIT to probe sexual abuse allegations that got here up within the trade following the discharge of the Hema Committee report.
Within the morning session of the courtroom, a division bench headed by Appearing Chief Justice examined the necessity for a particular bench in response to an enchantment filed by movie producer Sajimon Parayil towards a single bench order to launch Hema panel report.
4 extra petitions linked to the report are pending within the HC now. One in every of these, filed by Paichira Navas of Thiruvananthapuram, seeks felony proceedings towards these implicated within the incidents described within the report. The division bench had, whereas contemplating this petition, directed Kerala govt to submit the complete report in a sealed cowl to find out what motion might be taken. It had additionally impleaded Kerala Girls’s Fee within the petition and posted the case to Sept 10.
Two Kochi-based attorneys, A Jannath and Amrutha Premjith, have approached the HC with a PIL searching for CBI probe into sexual assault allegations detailed within the report.
In one other petition, TP Nandakumar of Kozhikode has sought a directive to state police chief to register an FIR towards these answerable for the offences detailed within the report.
Former MLA Joseph M Puthusserry has additionally filed a PIL, searching for a directive to police to take applicable motion on the findings of the Hema Committee.
A considerable portion of Hema Committee report, after redacting references to people to guard their privateness, was launched on Aug 19, revealing its surprising observations on sexual exploitation and disrespect for girls’s rights within the trade.
The panel, fashioned after the 2017 actor assault case involving actor Dileep, submitted its report in 2019, however govt saved it below wraps for practically 5 years, citing delicate info. Govt has fashioned a SIT to probe sexual abuse allegations that got here up within the trade following the discharge of the Hema Committee report.
