The move came after a complaint of sexual harassment was filed by a lawyer against a senior law officer of the High Court.
After the complaint was sent to the Advocate General, he constituted an ICC to deal with such matters, as contemplated under Section 4 of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act.
The committee will comprise the following members as per an order passed on November 23.
1. Senior Advocate R Vagai, Presiding Officer
2. Additional Advocate General-1 of Tamil Nadu Haja Nazirudeen, Member;
3. Special Government Pleader S Mythereye Chandru, Member;
4. Additional Public Prosecutor GV Kasthuri, Member;
5. Vidhya Reddy of TULIR (a non-profit working against sexual abuse), Member;
6. Deputy Director in the office of the AG, T Dharaneeswaran, Member-Secretary.
Source: Barandbench
