The Delhi High Court on Tuesday formed a Temporary Internal Complaints Committee (TICC) in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to proceed with 31 pending complaints of sexual harassment.
The High Court’s order came on a plea filed by a group of teachers and students of JNU opposing the office order disbanding the Gender Sensitisation Against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH) committee and replacing it with an ICC.
3-member committee
They also opposed a registrar's circular putting on hold the election of students’ representatives to the dissolved body.
The High Court said the three-member TICC will consist of one member each of the present ICC and erstwhile GSCASH and the third member would be nominated by them from an NGO or an association committed to the cause of women.
The court asked that the records of the pending cases be made available to the temporary ICC and in case the two members of TICC do not reach any consensus in nominating the third member, they shall approach the court.
The court had earlier asked the JNU to maintain status quo on the sealing of the office of GSCASH committee, which was superseded by the ICC.
The JNU administration had in its 269th Executive Council meeting held on September 18 ordered the dissolution of the independent body, GSCASH.
The petitioners had sought a stay on the operation of the order to disband GSCASH and a direction to JNU to preserve all records of GSCASH from 1999 till date in consultation with GSCASH.
