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Kerala HC directs film industry to form Internal Complaints Committee as per provisions of Sexual Harassment of Women in Workplace

<span style="color: #222222;">The Kerala High Court today directed the film industry to form Internal Complaints Committee as per the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women in Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act.<br />''<br />''A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly allowed a Public Interest Litigation filed in 2018 by Women in Cinema Collective, a peer group formed by prominent actresses in the Malayalam film industry.<br />''<br />''The Court directed that associations and worker unions within the film industry should also form such committees to handle sexual harassment complaints.<br />''<br />''The Women in Cinema Collective was formed against the backdrop of the sexual assault on an actress in a moving vehicle in 2017.</span><br />

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