Hema panel: HC slams KL for inaction since '19
The New Indian Express|September 11, 2024
COMING down heavily on the government for not taking legal action based on the Hema panel report, the Kerala High Court directed the state to hand over the entire report of the panel to the special investigation team constituted to probe the complaints of sexual harassment in the Malayalam film industry.

"Why was the state inactive till now, even though it received the report in 2019," asked the court. Terming the conduct of the state executive as alarmingly lethargic, the court said the government had done nothing for more than four years except sit on the report. "Prima facie, offences under the IPC and Pocso Act are made out. Why no action was taken?" the court asked.

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