Gender and Sexuality

When Courts Fail Survivors: How patriarchy shapes justice in sexual offence against women cases

The Supreme Court critiques multiple High Court judgments for perpetuating misogynistic notions and trivialising sexual violence and child trafficking through legally flawed and insensitive reasoning

UWW strongly condemns detention of wrestlers, warns of WFI ban if polls not held in time

The body in a statement issued Tuesday May 30, said it has taken due note that the WFI President has been put aside at an early stage and is currently not in charge

Farmers to hold countrywide demonstrations in support of women wrestlers: SKM

At a specially convened meeting held on May 29, decisions were taken to support, broaden and intensify the protest

Seers in Ayodhya raise demands to amend POCSO Act, deem that it is being “misused”

To show their support in case against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh, the seers will be a part of his public meeting being held in Ayodhya on June 5

Protesting wrestlers will immerse their medals in the Ganga, an indefinite hunger strike will follow

The wrestlers chastised both the President and the Prime Minister for their apathy towards their plight and demands

Attempt to Drown out Wrestlers’ Protest with Song and Dance About ‘Temple of Democracy’

According to the police personnel, the detained protesters were sent to multiple locations including Kapashera and Jajjhar.

From deathly silence to violence: The journey of wrestlers struggling for justice

Civil liberties platform condemns arrest of women wrestlers and other activists

Ghastly murder of a minor girl on street fuels communal fire: Delhi

Violence of another kind grips Delhi: the victim, a 16-year-old girl, was stabbed more than 20 times, head bludgeoned with a stone as bystanders stand & watch

Protests erupt at Delhi police violent crackdown on Women Wrestlers, FIR, and nationwide outrage

From farmers who physically joined protests to civil libertarians and erstwhile sportspersons, Sunday afternoon onwards saw protests erupt all over the country

When Will Society Hold Men Accountable for Patriarchy

The black bands women wrestlers wore signifies a darkness in our society.

1500-strong rally marches to Thane District Collectorate: Maharashtra

A huge protest rally of 15,000 women, marching to the Thane-Palghar district collectorate was organised by the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) on Friday, May 36.

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Why Indian Democracy Feels No Shame About the Bastar Killings

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‘We Didn’t Know the Law’: NMC apologises after illegally demolishing Jehrunissa Khan’s home in Nagpur

Nagpur Municipal Corporation razed a home of an accused in communal violence hours after the Bombay High Court was approached — violating binding Supreme Court directions, exposing the dangers of bureaucratic impunity, bulldozer justice, and the state’s failure to protect the right to shelter

“Urdu Is Not Alien”: Supreme Court reclaims the language’s place in the Indian Constitutional fabric

By upholding the use of Urdu on a municipal signboard in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court reaffirms India’s plural ethos, debunks politicised language divides, and restores dignity to a shared linguistic heritage