The varsity was under criticism last year for reporting maximum cases of sexual harassment even as JNU officials maintained that the high figures were due to the fact that the university had an active platform for reporting such complaints unlike many other educational institutions.
Earlier, a few professors of the varsity had come out questioning the working of GSCASH, alleging its “processes are perverted”.
GSCASH was instituted by the university in 1999 under the Vishakha guidelines of the Supreme Court.
The panel has representatives from JNU Students Union (JNUSU), JNU Officers’ Association (JNUOA), hostel wardens, faculty and administrative staff.
JNU had recently notified a new sexual harassment policy which also included a penalty provision for false complaints filed before the probe panel.
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