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Sathish, in support of his argument that no action is being taken by the concerned authorities on the complaint, placed reliance on <em>Lalita kumari v Government of Uttar Pradesh <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/LoginForNewsLink\/2014_2_SCC_1\">(2014) 2 SCC 1<\/a><em>,<\/em> contending that the reports submitted by the authorities must be made public. The Court persued the reports of the committee constituted to look into the complaints and, directed the respondents to take the report to its logical conclusion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court relied on <em>Sachidanand Pandey v. State of West Bengal <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/LoginForNewsLink\/1987_2_SCC_295\">(1987) 2 SCC 295<\/a><em>, Chhetriya Pradushan Mukti Sangharsh Samiti v. 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