The Supreme Court on Tuesday formed a 10-member sexual harassment committee on the lines of Vishakha judgement. Announcing the decision at a function organised in Supreme Court, CJI P Sathasivam informed that the Committee will comprise of seven women members including Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, who will head the panel.
The Supreme Court Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) as it will be called has two external members as nominee of CJI, namely G Mohan Gopal, Director of Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies and Bharti Ali who is Co-Director at HAQ: Centre for Child Rights, New Delhi.
The Committee will also comprise of Justice Madan B lokur, senior advocate l Nageshwara Rao, woman bar member and senior advocate Indu Malhotra, Bina Madhavan (representative of SC Bar Association), B Sunita Rao (representative of SC Advocates on Record Association), and Madhu Chauhan (representative of SC Clerks Association). Rachna Gupta, Additional Registrar, will be the member Secretary of the committee.
Under the Vishakha Guidelines, the panel must consist of a majority of female members headed by a woman. Two members in the Committee are nominated by CJI.