The ongoing tussle between the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration and its students escalated on Monday after the varsity officially replaced the sexual harassment complaint body, Gender Sensitisation Committee Against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH), with an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), citing University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations, 2015. During an Executive Council (EC) meeting held on Monday, the administration scrapped the existing GSCASH, an 18-year-old body, and officially adopted ICC. GSCASH was an autonomous body to look into complaints of sexual harassment. All GSCASH members were elected. asked JNU Student Union (JNUSU) President Geeta Kumari, who herself was a part of GSCASH.

Source: dna September 19, 2017 02:48 UTC