In a landmark decision, Honble Supreme Court allowed women to work as make-up artists in the Indian film industry. Supreme Court on 10th Nov. 2014, put an end to a 59-year-old tradition that bars women from becoming make-up artists in the Indian film industry. Hon’ble bench stated that we have no hesitation in saying that it is a discrimination between men and women without any reasonable or rational criteria but solely on gender basis.” While issuing the order for Bollywood, the bench said that it would also apply to such unions in Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad that have film industries and all other regional federations that bar women from the job. Earlier, Cine Costume Make-up Artists and Hair Dressers Association (CCMAA) mandated that women could only be hair dressers and not make-up artists. The court ordered deletion of relevant provisions from the Constitution of the Cine Costume Make-up Artists and Hair Dressers Association (CCMAA), considered the Bollywood’s official body of these professionals. The trade union had said women could become members and work in the Bollywood only as hair dressers, apart from insisting on a minimum five-year domicile in Maharashtra to become eligible for a membership card.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:03:02 +0000
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