The Chief Justice Of India today reconstituted the Supreme Court Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee [GSICC].

The Committee will be now headed by Justice B.V. Nagarathna, who has been nominated as Chairperson of the Committee. The other members nominated are:

-Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh

-Dr. Sukhda Pritam, Additional Registrar [Officer in service of the Supreme Court of India]

-Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Senior Advocate [Senior Member of the Supreme Court Bar Association]

-Ms. Nina Gupta, Advocate

-Mr. Soumyajit Pani, Advocate

-Ms. Sakshi Banga, Advocate [Representative of the Supreme Court Bar Association]

-Ms. Anindita Pujari, Advocate-on-Record [Representative of the Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record Association]

-Ms. Madhu Chauhan [Representative of the Supreme Court Bar Clerks’ Association]

-Ms Bansuri Swaraj, Senior Advocate [Nominee of Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India]

-Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Senior Advocate (Senior Member of the Supreme Court Bar Association) [Nominee of Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India]

-Dr. Leni Chaudhuri, (Executive Director, University of Chicago Centre in India Pvt. Ltd.) [Nominee of Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India]

Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee is formulated to address issues related to gender discrimination, harassment, and inequality. Earlier, Justice Hima Kohli was the Chairperson of the Committee and this reconstitution is due to her retirement.

This reconstitution is in exercise of powers conferred by Clause 4(2) of the Gender Sensitisation & Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Regulations, 2013.

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