The Kerala High Court has directed the SIT to conduct an investigation and take the necessary action as contemplated under law into the "rampant use of alcohol/drugs in the film shooting sets and other connected workplaces" as found in the Hema Committee report.
Kerala Police issued a lookout notice against actor Siddique, suspecting he may have fled the state in connection with the ongoing investigation into a rape case.
The allegations were brought to light by a woman actor, who filed a complaint leading to a First Information Report (FIR) being registered by the police in Thiruvananthapuram.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday termed the media reports that said the state government inflated funds spent on the Wayanad disaster relief operation as fake news with an agenda against the state and its people.
The Supreme Court recently remarked that the National Medical Commission (NMC) is an organ of the state and is expected to act in a fair and reasonable manner.
BJP leader V Muraleedharan on Tuesday lambasted Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for failing to act on the Hema Committee report, submitted 4.5 years ago, which exposed widespread harassment and exploitation of women in the Malayalam film industry.
The Court sought to know why the State did not take any action after the disclosures made in the Hema Committee report. The court has directed the State to handover the sealed report to Special Investigative Team (SIT).
Malayalam Film Director Ranjith Balakrishnan has approached the Kerala High Court for granting him anticipatory bail on an alleged sexual harassment complaint against him by Bengali actor Sreelekha Mitra.
The division bench of justices Jayasankaran Nambiar and VM Shyamkumar directed the registry to take a suo moto case. The court also said that they should think about what can be done legally to control things like illegal mining and floods