Do you have names of people testified? HC directs to submit full form of Hema Committee report

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court accepted on file the public interest litigation (PIL) seeking an inquiry into the sexual crimes mentioned in the Justice Hema Committee report. The women's commission was made a party in the plea. The court also directed to submit the complete form of the Hema Committee report in a sealed cover. The high court also raised questions to the government. The court asked what action the government would take on the report.

What is the government's stand on the petition to take a case? Aren't the issues pointed by the committee serious? Does the government have the names of those testified? The high court raised questions as to whether there are any crimes in the report against which the police can take a case directly. The court also asked the government to file an affidavit detailing what can be done in this regard. The court also directed that the steps taken by the government should be informed to them. The government informed the court that they have not received any complaint and only then action can be taken.

The court was considering the plea filed by Paichira Nawaz of Thiruvananthapuram and a public activist. The plea is being considered by acting chief justice A Muhammad Mushtaq, Justice S Manu. Argument is going on.

The release of the report shocked the entire society. The unreleased report is about sexual crimes. This is against the public interest. In this case, the petition demanded that the government should be ordered to produce the uncensored Hema Committee report.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had in a press conference stated that the government has started taking action on the Hema committee report. Although the report was forwarded to the police as per the directive of the Women's Commission, the police action was also in crisis because it was a matter of respecting privacy. The committee was not appointed to detect and punish crimes in the film industry. Rather, it is to detect the reactionary things happening there and eliminate such situations. The report contains recommendations accordingly. The government alone cannot decide to provide e-toilets and safe changing rooms at all shooting locations. The chief minister said all these matters will be discussed in the conclave.