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Gender and Sexuality

When marriage is tyranny: Justice Shakdher’s judgment reads down the marital rape exception as a constitutional imperative

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In contrast to the verdict delivered by Justice Hari Shankar, his brother judge hearing the matter, Justice Shakhder’s judgement in the May 2022 case hearing the constitutional challenge to the exception to marital rape provision under Section 375, strikes it down as anti-constitutional. The matter will now go before the Supreme Court where the constitutional challenge lies pending for two years
Gender and Sexuality

How Justice C Harishankar, in upholding the exception to marital rape, delivered a reasoning fir for the dark ages

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One judge of a division bench of the Delhi High Court, Justice C. Hari Shankar, hearing a petition on the crucial issue of marital rape, in 2022, upheld the exception of this form under section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a reasoning that is also facing constitutional challenge in the Supreme Court for the past two years
Labour

TN: Samsung Workers Continue Protest, Accuse Management of Vindictive Action

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The union has decided to hold a protest in front of the SIPCOT unit on February 20 and serve strike notice on February 21, if the talks scheduled on February 19 do not bring any positive outcome.
Rule of Law

Strengthening the rights of victims: Legal milestones and the path ahead

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In Mahabir & Ors. v. State of Haryana, the Supreme Court reinforced principles for striking a balance between victims’ rights and fair trials in India’s legal system by upholding due process, victim participation, and prosecutorial accountability
Communalism

Communal Tensions Erupt in Bihar’s Jamui: Alleged stone-pelting during religious procession leads to violence

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Religious procession turns violent, internet services suspended, and political tensions rise as state assembly polls approach
Culture

The Story of Shivaji’s Coronation

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First published on December 15, 2015The Coronation …“By the beginning of 1673 the idea of a public coronation began to materialize, and when preparations...
Education

Tragedy at KIIT: The death of Prakriti Lamsal and the University’s controversial response

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A Nepali student’s suicide sparks outrage as allegations of harassment, institutional negligence, and forced evictions expose KIIT’s failures
Rule of Law

Bombay High Court Grants Bail to 20-year-old Student in Patricide Case: A balancing act between justice and reformation

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Key guidelines were recently issued by the Bombay High Court through a bail order, in a case concerning a young accused
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