All 35 instances primarily based on Hema Committee report dropped after no sufferer got here ahead to provide statements: SIT tells Kerala HC
Jun 26, 2025 09:14 AM IST
The SIT fashioned to research instances of sexual harassment in Malayalam cinema after the Hema Committee report says it has dropped all of the 35 instances.
Malayalam cinema confronted its largest take a look at of structural and cultural practices final yr after the Justice Hema Committee was made public. The report detailed ingrained practices of sexism and harassment within the movie trade. A complete of 35 instances had been lodged primarily based on the complaints primarily based on the report. A Particular Investigation Staff (SIT) was fashioned to probe these instances. However now the SIT has knowledgeable the Kerala Excessive Courtroom that it has dropped all these instances.
SIT tells all instances associated to Hema Committee report are dropped
On Wednesday, the SIT advised the HC that it has dropped additional motion within the 35 instances lodged on the idea of the Justice Hema Committee report, as not one of the victims got here ahead to provide their statements.
Based mostly on the brand new SIT report, a bench of Justices A.Okay. Jayasankaran Nambiar and C.S. Sudha stated that no additional motion was required within the crimes registered by the company for now. The HC was listening to a number of pleas searching for motion primarily based on the suggestions of the Hema Committee. The brand new order now places all of the instances to relaxation.
The courtroom additionally famous that the state authorities has scheduled a Movie Conclave to be held within the first week of August 2025, and directed that the petitions be listed on August 13 for additional consideration.
All in regards to the Justice Hema Committee
The Justice Hema Committee was established by the Kerala authorities following the notorious 2017 assault case on a feminine star. The committee submitted its report the next yr, but it surely was made public solely in 2024, which brought about an enormous uproar, resulting in the dissolution of the omnipotent actors’ physique of Malayalam cinema.
The complete report of the panel was submitted to the Kerala Excessive Courtroom, which had directed that or not it’s handed over to the SIT for investigating complaints of sexual abuse within the movie trade.
(With inputs from PTI)
