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Delhi HC grants bail pending appeal to Unnao rape convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar

The bail order accompanies a temporary suspension of sentence for Sengar will walk free; it has returned public attention to the survivor and her mother's pursuit of justice since 2017; Sengar will, however, remain in jail as he is also serving a 10-year sentence in the custodial death case of the rape victim’s father

Will a “Uniform Civil Code” abolish the Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and coparcenary rights over ancestral property for Hindu males?

While several aspects of personal laws across the board for all women –Hindu, Muslim and Christian—do require gender just revisions—the current hype around the “Uniform Civil Code: has been silent on whether the privileged and partisan financial privilege of the HUF will be done away with as also the coparcenary rights over ancestral property for Hindu males

How and why Indian women are made to go hungry

Underpaid and unpaid work -- in India, on average, 66% of women's work is unpaid, compared to 12% of men’s work even as they invest 90 per cent of their income back into the families as compared to just 40 % by men, has rendered Indian women more acutely prone to hunger, malnutrition and anaemia

Demands Unyielding: Opposition and Citizens persist in seeking PM Modi’s response on Manipur violence and Assam CM’s resignation

More protests organised in solidarity with the victims of violence, opposition alliance ‘INDIA” demands accountability, justice

How sexual assault cases are mired in judicial misdemeanours

The tendency to dub complaints under sexual assault as “false” mirrors a patriarchal mind set

Nepal sets historic precedent, legalises same-sex unions

Nepal, a beacon of hope for South Asian LGBTQIA+ people, now legalises same-sex unions, it leads the Asia-Pacific in embracing this human right.

Police need sensitisation on couple’s autonomous life choices: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court Calls for Sensitization of Maharashtra Police Force towards Couples in Conflict with Family

National women’s organisation sends joint letter to the NCW condemning their inaction over sexual violence complaint

After the video of two Kuki women being paraded naked and sexually assaulted wen viral, reports had emerged that a complaint had been sent to the NCW in June, but the complainants never received a response or an acknowledgement

Words of anguish resonate all-India, streets protests spill over, raising cries for justice: Manipur

After the video of two Kuki women being paraded naked and sexually assaulted made it to social media generating renewed outrage, demands for CM Biren Singh’s resignation, accountability and justice are raised from the length and breadth of the country

From “liable to be prosecuted” to “neither opposing nor supporting bail”: The curious case of Delhi Police

Delhi court grants bail to Brij Bhushan Singh and Vinod Tomar even as counsel for petitioners decry that “the accused was very influential”

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Delhi HC grants bail pending appeal to Unnao rape convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar

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