SC agrees with formation of a committee exclusively having women members and chairperson
Senior advocate Indira Jaising, for NWMI, said women journalists were arrested. She’s seeking some relief on this today.
Ms. Jaising, for Network of Women in Media, said women journalists have a right to work. “They go to protest sites to work. They are particularly vulnerable to abuse, particularly by male policemen. Form a committee headed by a woman chairperson, may be a woman SC judge, in accordance with the Vishakha guidelines on sexual harassment at workplace,” she said.
She added she can file a sealed cover document of women who are willing to come forward with their grievances.
The CJI said prima facie the SC agrees with the formation of a committee exclusively having women members and chairperson.
Ms. Jaising suggest names in a sealed document, the CJI added.
– Krishnadas Rajagopal
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