New Delhi, June 1: The Supreme Court has reconstituted its Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee. “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, the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India has reconstituted the Supreme Court Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee,” an office order stated.
The 12-member committee will be headed by Supreme Court judge Hima Kohli, who will serve as the chairperson. The panel also includes Justice B V Nagarathna, Additional Registrar Sukhda Pritam, and senior advocates Meenakshi Arora and Mahalakshmi Pavani.
Other members of the committee are Soumyajit Pani, advocate and representative of the Supreme Court Bar Association, as stipulated under Clause 4(2)(c); advocate-on-record Anindita Pujari; advocate Madhu Chauhan; professor Shruti Pandey; senior advocates Jaideep Gupta and Menaka Guruswamy; and Leni Chaudhuri, executive director of the University of Chicago Centre in India.
