Justice M Dhandapani, while admitting a writ petition filed by seven Kalakshetra students, said that their identities must be protected and that the alleged perpetrators must not contact the students or enter the campus.
A writ of Mandamus dated April 11 was filed by the students, who requested to remain anonymous throughout the proceeding to avoid discriminatory treatment from the college.
The Madras High Court today directed Kalakshetra Foundation, a top arts and cultural academy in Chennai, to restrain the faculty member accused of sexual harassment from contacting students.
TNM spoke to students, faculty, and alumni, who revealed a larger culture of abuse on campus along the lines of gender, body type, skin colour, and food habits.
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.