India
Maneka Gandhi on #MeToo: A committee of senior judges should look into all the cases
Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi said that she is proposing to set up a committee of senior judicial and legal persons to look into all issues emanating from the #MeToo campaign
Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi said on Friday that she believes in all the women who have come out with complaints of sexual harassment.
She said her ministry will soon propose a committee with senior judicial and legal persons as members to look into all issues emanating from the #MeToo campaign.
"I believe in all of them. I believe in the pain and trauma behind every single complainant.
"I am proposing to set up a committee with senior judicial and legal persons as members to look into all issues emanating from the #MeToo campaign," she said in an interview.
Published: 12 Oct 2018, 4:02 PM IST
The committee will look into the legal and institutional framework which is in place for handling complaints of sexual harassment, including some of the complaints if required, and advise the ministry on how to strengthen these, she said.
She had earlier expressed her happiness over the fact that #MeToo campaingn has encouraged women in India to speak about their experiences and demanded that the sex harassment complaints should be allowed even 10-15 years later.
"You will always remember the person who did it, which is why we have written to the Law Ministry that complaints should be without any time limit.... You can now complain 10-15 years later, doesn't matter how much later. If you're going to complain, the avenue is still open," she had said on Monday.
Published: 12 Oct 2018, 4:02 PM IST
With inputs from PTI
Published: 12 Oct 2018, 4:02 PM IST
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Published: 12 Oct 2018, 4:02 PM IST