Justice BV Nagarathna Appointed As Chairperson Of Supreme Court Gender Sensitisation & Internal Complaints Committee

Justice BV Nagarathna has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Supreme Court Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee following the retirement of Justice Hima Kohli, who was earlier heading the Committee.

Chief Justice of India has reconstituted the Committee as follows 

Justice BV Nagarathna - Chairperson

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  the Chief Justice of India]

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

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

The Committee is formed as per the the Gender Sensitisation & Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Regulations, 2013

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