SC reconstitutes Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee; Judge Hima Kohli appointed chairperson
THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK New Delhi, June 1: The Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee has been reconstituted by the Supreme…
THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, June 1: The Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee has been reconstituted by the Supreme Court.
“In exercise of powers conferred by Clause 4(2) of the Gender Sensitisation and Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Regulations, 2013 and all enabling provisions in this behalf, Hon’ble Chief Justice of India has been pleased to re-constitute the Supreme Court Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee,” an office order of the Supreme Court stated.
Supreme Court judge Hima Kohli leads the 12-member committee as its chairperson.
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The panel also includes senior attorneys Meenakshi Arora and Mahalakshmi Pavani, Additional Registrar Sukhda Pritam, and Justice B V Nagarathna.
The committee also comprises advocate Soumyajit Pani, a representative of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Anindita Pujari, an advocate-on-record, Madhu Chauhan, an advocate, Professor Shruti Pandey, along with Senior Advocates Jaideep Gupta and Menaka Guruswamy. Additionally, Leni Chaudhuri, serving as the Executive Director of the University of Chicago Centre in India, is also a member of the committee.
