Kerala HC Extends Nodal Officer's Jurisdiction To Receive Complaints Of Victims From Film Industry Who Were Not Before Hema Committee
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Kerala HC Extends Nodal Officer's Jurisdiction To Receive Complaints Of Victims From Film Industry Who Were Not Before Hema Committee

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The Kerala High Court has extended the jurisdiction of the nodal officer to accept the grievances of harassment/abuse from persons in the film industry who were not before the Justice Hema Committee. The Court stated that the nodal officer who was appointed can also take the complaints of other individuals in similar situations, regardless of whether they have provided statements to the Justice Hema Committee or not. It would be desirable to extent the jurisdiction of nodal officer to cover even those grievances that will be raised by those persons in the film industry who have not approached the Hema Committee, so that any such person can submit individual grievances with regard to any harassment/abuse faced by them to the nodal officer for forwarding to SIT for investigation of the same. We accordingly direct that the nodal officer shall on receipt on any such compliant from persons in film industry, promptly forward the same to SIT for investigation by ensuring confidentiality…” The Court however clarified that they must give their complaints within a specific time frame.

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Hema Committee report: Kerala State Information Commission defers decision to release redacted portions
1 month ago

Hema Committee report: Kerala State Information Commission defers decision to release redacted portions

The Hindu  

The State Information Commission in Kerala on Saturday deferred the decision to release redacted portions of the 2017 Hema Committee report, which documented in incriminating detail systemic sexual exploitation, workplace harassment and gender inequality in the Malayalam film industry. The Hema Committee report’s “belated” publication sparked off a controversial reckoning of the “misogyny” in the movie industry. The “disclosures” triggered …

Hema Committee Report: Kerala High Court Directs SIT To Nominate Nodal Officer To Prevent Witness Intimidation
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hema Committee Report: Kerala High Court Directs SIT To Nominate Nodal Officer To Prevent Witness Intimidation

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has directed the Special Investigation Team, probing offences after publication of Justice Hema Committee Report, to nominate a nodal officer to prevent alleged intimidation and threatening of witnesses by the accused or other persons. The Special Bench of Justice A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice C. S. Sudha directed the SIT to publicize the name and …

Kerala High Court mandates witness safety in Hema panel cases with nodal officer
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kerala High Court mandates witness safety in Hema panel cases with nodal officer

India Today  

The Kerala High Court has directed the Special Investigation Team probing cases related to the Hema Committee report to appoint a nodal officer to safeguard witnesses from alleged threats and intimidation. A Division Bench, consisting of Justice A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice C S Sudha, instructed the SIT to publicize the name and contact details of the nominated nodal …

Hema Committee report: Kerala HC directs SIT to appoint nodal officer to prevent witness intimidation
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hema Committee report: Kerala HC directs SIT to appoint nodal officer to prevent witness intimidation

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has directed the Special Investigation Team probing cases registered after the publication of the Justice Hema Committee report to appoint a nodal officer. A Division Bench comprising Justice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice CS Sudha also directed the SIT to give adequate publicity to the name and contact details of the nodal officer. "The SIT …

Filing Complaint Against A Person Before Lawful Authority Does Not Attract The Offence Of Defamation: Kerala High Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Filing Complaint Against A Person Before Lawful Authority Does Not Attract The Offence Of Defamation: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court while quashing a case of defamation, observed that the complaint filed in the present case before a lawful authority which was enquired by it, will not attract an offence under Section 500 IPC. "Admittedly, in this case, a complaint is filed before the Chief Minister and before the Director of Pariyaram Medical College, where the 1st …

Kerala Women's Commission Supports Registration Of FIRs On Statements Before Justice Hema Committee, Files Affidavit In Supreme Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kerala Women's Commission Supports Registration Of FIRs On Statements Before Justice Hema Committee, Files Affidavit In Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court is set to hear a petition challenging the Kerala High Court's direction to the police to register FIRs on statements made by women actors to the Justice Hema Committee regarding the abuses they faced in the Malayalam cinema industry on November 25, in which the Kerala Women's Commission has recently filed a counter affidavit.The Commission has filed …

Kerala woman accuses government of neglect, drops abuse cases against actors
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kerala woman accuses government of neglect, drops abuse cases against actors

India Today  

An actress in Kerala, who had accused prominent actors, including CPI MLA M Mukesh and Jayasurya, of sexual abuse announced on Friday her decision to withdraw her complaints. She attributed the decision to the “lack of support and protection” from the Kerala government and her “mental exhaustion”. “I would like to tell everyone that due to the government’s carelessness and …

Hema Committee report: Preliminary inquiry in cases to be completed by December-end, Kerala govt tells HC
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2 months ago

Hema Committee report: Preliminary inquiry in cases to be completed by December-end, Kerala govt tells HC

The Hindu  

The Kerala government on Thursday informed a Special Division Bench of the Kerala High Court that the preliminary inquiry being conducted under the close supervision of senior police officers into the cases arising out of the Hema Committee report would be completed before December-end. The submission was made in a progress report filed by the State government in response to …

Hema Committee report: Probe into cases progressing well, says Kerala High Court
2 months ago

Hema Committee report: Probe into cases progressing well, says Kerala High Court

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday 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. 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 …

26 FIRs Registered in Kerala Based on Justice Hema Committee Report
2 months, 2 weeks ago

26 FIRs Registered in Kerala Based on Justice Hema Committee Report

Live Law  

The Kerala government has registered 26 FIRs based on the Justice Hema Committee Report pursuant to the Court's direction. The State Government has submitted the SIT's Action Taken Report to the Special Bench, Justice A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice C. S. Sudha. The Court has observed that the Report discloses commission of cognizable offences, which could be treated as …

Hema Committee report: Kerala High Court raps govt for inaction, asks it to hand over full report to SIT
4 months ago

Hema Committee report: Kerala High Court raps govt for inaction, asks it to hand over full report to SIT

The Hindu  

Slamming the Kerala government for not taking any action so far on the Hema Committee report on the problems faced by women in the Malayalam film industry, a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the government to hand over the entire report to the special investigation team and file a report as to what action can …

Petition seeks CBI probe into Malayalam film industry sexual harassment cases
4 months, 1 week ago

Petition seeks CBI probe into Malayalam film industry sexual harassment cases

New Indian Express  

A petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court seeking a directive to the state government to hand over the investigation of all complaints from women in cinema to the CBI. The petition also sought a directive to the state government to submit the entire Justice K. Hema Committee report to the CBI. The petitioners, Jannath A. and Amrutha …

Justice Hema committee report: More cases registered
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Justice Hema committee report: More cases registered

New Indian Express  

KOCHI/KOZHIKODE : Police on Saturday registered a case against director Sreekumar Menon for molesting a junior artist at a hotel in the city. In Kozhikode, Kasaba police registered a case under Section 377 of IPC against director B Ranjith based on a complaint filed by a Kozhikode resident on Friday. It was the second police case against director Ranjith after …

Several FIRs filed against Malayalam film personalities: SIT’s work has only just begun
4 months, 1 week ago

Several FIRs filed against Malayalam film personalities: SIT’s work has only just begun

Hindustan Times  

Malayalam cinema has produced films like The Great Indian Kitchen and Veyilmarangal that address gender-based violence and sexual oppression. The Hema committee report has blown the lid off rampant cases of sexual harassment and exploitation in the state’s film industry. Shaken by the revelations in the report, the Kerala government constituted a Special Investigative Team, which has received over 20 …

SIT probing sexual harassment charges in Malayalam film industry records statement of woman actor
4 months, 2 weeks ago

SIT probing sexual harassment charges in Malayalam film industry records statement of woman actor

The Hindu  

The special investigation team formed to investigate the sexual harassment allegations in the Malayalam film industry met a woman actor who raised allegations against four actors, two production controllers and a lawyer at her apartment at Aluva in Ernakulam district of Kerala on Wednesday. The team led by DIG Ajitha Beegum recorded the statement of the petitioner who had dispatched …

Satheesan accuses Kerala govt of 'shielding' perpetrators of sexual abuse in Malayalam film industry
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Satheesan accuses Kerala govt of 'shielding' perpetrators of sexual abuse in Malayalam film industry

Hindustan Times  

Kochi, Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, V D Satheesan, on Monday alleged that the Left government was trying to shield the perpetrators of sexual abuse against women in the Malayalam film industry by not initiating an investigation based on the Justice Hema Committee Report. "The opposition had demanded that a team led by senior women IPS officers should …

Hema Committee report: Kerala’s Opposition steps up demand for prosecution based on report findings
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Hema Committee report: Kerala’s Opposition steps up demand for prosecution based on report findings

The Hindu  

The Congress-led United Democratic Front on Friday stepped up its demand for a police investigation into the findings of the Justice K. Hema Committee which documented sexual exploitation, workplace harassment and gender pay gap in the Malayalam film industry. Satheesan wrote an open letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reiterating the Opposition’s demand for a special investigation team comprising senior …

Malayalam film industry: Kerala HC allows release of Justice Hema Committee report
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Malayalam film industry: Kerala HC allows release of Justice Hema Committee report

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court on Tuesday dismissed a plea that challenged a state information commission order directing the release of the Justice K Hema Committee report on the working conditions and issues faced by women in the Malayalam film industry. The HC also said that the request by the Women in Cinema Collective and the state women’s commission to publish …

Kerala High Court to pronounce verdict on plea against making Hema committee report public on August 13
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Kerala High Court to pronounce verdict on plea against making Hema committee report public on August 13

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court is set to pronounce its verdict on Tuesday on a petition filed by a film producer challenging the State Information Commission’s order to release contents of the Hema Committee report containing issues facing women in the Malayalam film industry. Arun reserved the order for August 13, 2024 after conclusion of the hearing on a petition filed …

Kerala High Court to pronounce verdict on plea against making Hema committee report public on August 13
5 months ago

Kerala High Court to pronounce verdict on plea against making Hema committee report public on August 13

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a writ petition challenging the State Information Commission’s order directing the Kerala government to make public the Justice K. Hema Committee report on women’s working conditions in the Malayalam film industry with limited redactions. The Kerala Women’s Commission and the Women in Cinema Collective, which were impleaded in the case, …

Kerala HC stays release of Hema Committee report on women’s working conditions in film industry
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala HC stays release of Hema Committee report on women’s working conditions in film industry

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court on July 24 stayed for one week the State Information Commission’s order directing the Kerala government to disclose the Justice K. Hema Committee report on women’s working conditions in the film industry with limited redactions. Justice P.M. Manoj passed the order on a writ petition filed by film producer Sajimon Parayil challenging the SIC’s order. The …

Hate Speech | Supreme Court Issues Notice To Gujarat, Kerala, TN & Nagaland To Ascertain If Nodal Officers Appointed
1 year, 1 month ago

Hate Speech | Supreme Court Issues Notice To Gujarat, Kerala, TN & Nagaland To Ascertain If Nodal Officers Appointed

Live Law  

While hearing a batch of petitions to curb hate speeches, the Supreme Court issued notice to the States of Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Nagaland to determine if they have appointed nodal officers in terms of the 2018 judgment in the Tehseen Poonawalla case to deal with hate crimes and mob violence. As per the Centre's status report, the States …

"Frivolous Litigation": Kerala High Court Upholds Dismissal Of Criminal Complaint Against 48 High Ranking Bureaucrats, Police Officials
1 year, 4 months ago

"Frivolous Litigation": Kerala High Court Upholds Dismissal Of Criminal Complaint Against 48 High Ranking Bureaucrats, Police Officials

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court yesterday upheld the order of a Magistrate dismissing a vexatious compliant filed against 48 high ranking bureaucrats and police officials of the State. On an appreciation of the circumstances arising in the case, this Court is of the view that the learned Magistrate was justified in dismissing the complaint, nipping off, at the threshold itself, a …

Kerala HC Issues Show Cause Notice To Former Lakshadweep Magistrate Over Alleged Manipulation Of Evidence In 2015 Case
2 years, 1 month ago

Kerala HC Issues Show Cause Notice To Former Lakshadweep Magistrate Over Alleged Manipulation Of Evidence In 2015 Case

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday issued show-cause notice to former Sub Judge/Chief Judicial Magistrate at Amini island in Lakshadweep, asking him to explain why disciplinary proceedings should not be recommended against him for allegedly manipulating evidence of a witness in a 2015 case.Justice P.V. The Kerala High Court on Monday issued show-cause notice to former Sub Judge/Chief Judicial Magistrate …

Kerala HC seeks response from Centre, state on implementing Hema Commission report
2 years, 11 months ago

Kerala HC seeks response from Centre, state on implementing Hema Commission report

India Today  

The Kerala High Court, on Thursday, February 3, sought an explanation from the central and state governments regarding a petition demanding the implementation of the Justice Hema Commission report. The Hema Commission was initially set up following the Kerala actor assault case in 2017. The petition alleged that even though the commission had submitted its report in December 2019, the …

Kerala High Court Directs State Police Chief To Enquire Into Allegations Of Media Trial In Actor Assault Case On Dileep's Plea
2 years, 11 months ago

Kerala High Court Directs State Police Chief To Enquire Into Allegations Of Media Trial In Actor Assault Case On Dileep's Plea

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the State Police Chief to enquire into the allegations raised by actor Dileep that the media was flouting the trial court's order restricting the publication of matters related to the 2017 actor assault case till the conclusion of the trial.Justice Kauser Edappagath remarked that the allegations if found to be true, should be …

Kerala High Court Orders Police Protection For Municipal Chairperson After Alleged Abuse By Political Rivals
3 years, 4 months ago

Kerala High Court Orders Police Protection For Municipal Chairperson After Alleged Abuse By Political Rivals

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the police to protect the Chairperson of the Thrikkakara Municipality Ajitha Thankappan from any threat from any source.Justice Devan Ramachandran said an interim direction was required to be issued as the petitioner was the elected chairperson. The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the police to protect the Chairperson of the Thrikkakara Municipality …

State Has Locus To Challenge CBI Investigation If It Goes Beyond The Scope Of HC Order :Bombay High Court
3 years, 5 months ago

State Has Locus To Challenge CBI Investigation If It Goes Beyond The Scope Of HC Order :Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has held that a state government is well within its rights to raise a grievance if a central agency's investigation goes beyond the scope of the Court's order that authorised investigation in the absence of the state's consent. The division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar on Thursday dismissed Maharashtra Government's plea and allowed …

Kerala HC stays Lakshadweep admin order to APP to complete legal work in govt depts
3 years, 7 months ago

Kerala HC stays Lakshadweep admin order to APP to complete legal work in govt depts

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday stayed an order of the Lakshadweep island administration, directing the Assistant Public Prosecutor to attend pending legal works of various government departments, instead of posting them in the courts there. The high court granted the stay on a PIL by Mohammed Saleem, challenging the directive of an Additional District Magistrate in Lakshadweep to …

Kerala High Court Seeks Details Of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Cops Accused Of Assaulting Lawyer
3 years, 10 months ago

Kerala High Court Seeks Details Of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Cops Accused Of Assaulting Lawyer

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the state police chief to produce the details of complaints received against two police officers and also to inform if there are any disciplinary proceedings pending against them.A single bench of Justice N Nagaresh passed this order while hearing a writ petition filed by Advocate C S Hemalal, who alleged that he was …

Kerala govt to move SC after HC dismisses plea to transfer trial against Dileep in sexual assault case
4 years, 1 month ago

Kerala govt to move SC after HC dismisses plea to transfer trial against Dileep in sexual assault case

Firstpost  

Both the Kerala government and the survivor have alleged that the trial judge at Kerala High Court refused to record certain portions of the survivor’s testimony without any justification, despite repeated requests by the prosecutor. The government of Kerala will reach out to the Supreme Court to appeal against Kerala High Court’s dismissal of pleas to transfer the trial in …

Delhi HC Imposes Rs. 50,000 Cost On Woman For False Sexual Harassment Plea [Read Judgment]
5 years, 5 months ago

Delhi HC Imposes Rs. 50,000 Cost On Woman For False Sexual Harassment Plea [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court bench comprising of Justice J.R. Midha, while hearing a matter placed before it, recently fined the female petitioner Rs 50,000 for raising a false plea of sexual harassment. The petitioner, an Assistant Director with ESI Corporation in Manesar, Gurgaon in July, 2011 made a written complaint to the Director-General of ESI Corporation alleging sexual harassment by …

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