Hari Padman, a senior dancer teacher at Kalakshetra Foundation's Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts, was arrested by the Adyar All Women Police Station on April 3 on various sexual harassment charges.
A bench of Justice M. Dhandapani called for the commission's inquiry report after the Tamil Nadu Advocate General, R. Shanmugasundaram informed the court that he had no objection on submitting it in the court.
The embattled head of Kalakshetra Foundation Revathi Ramachandran made students write an apology letter for complaining about the food poisoning incident in November 2021, and shut the college down for the UG students immediately after.
Members of AIDWA, SFI and DYFI held a protest near the Kalakshetra Foundation’s campus in Chennai, against the administration’s alleged mishandling of sexual harassment complaints.