Kerala High Court slams govt for inaction on Hema committee report

During the hearing, Solicitor General K. Gopalakrishna Kurup stated that the DGP had constituted a special investigation team to probe the complaints of sexual abuse. A total of 23 cases were registered at various police stations and transferred to the SIT. However, these cases were based on complaints filed after the publication of the report and not directly on the report itself.

The Advocate General also stated that the committee had specifically recommended that Hema not publish the report and sent a letter to the Cultural Affairs Department requesting that the report be kept confidential, as it contained details of sexual abuse, harassment and assault that women had disclosed in private during the closed session.