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Reproductive Autonomy Cannot Be Subordinated to Adoption: Supreme Court allows termination of 7-month pregnancy of minor
Holding that a woman’s choice is paramount under Article 21, the SC affirms that constitutional courts must prioritise dignity, mental health, and bodily autonomy over statutory limits under the MTP framework
Man allowed to change his name in service register after gender affirmation surgery: Rajasthan HC
The issue of recognition of transgenders in government and policy making is mired in bureaucracy and an obstructionist attitude
Same-sex marriage an assertion of love, marriage & inclusivity
This piece aims to explicate for the reader the juridical and political position of the institution of marriage. It further locates within these legal and political trends the case for same-sex marriage. The write-up dwells on the various instances where the State has intervened in the institution of marriage and how these interventions, accompanied by the laws and jurisprudence, lay the foundation for the current 18 petitions in the Supreme Court. This short article will also go on to explicate the understanding of same-sex marriage following the expansion of the Special Marriage Act of 1954.
Delhi police file chargesheet against BJP MP Brij Bhushan, submits cancellation report in POCSO Case
Sports Union minister had promised protesting wrestlers that the police investigation into allegations of sexual harassment would be complete by June 15
Clear case of re-victimisation: Former SC judge Madan B Lokur on Delhi Police’s handling of women wrestlers case
Singh is a powerful, well-connected person, who has not been arrested despite the allegation of aggravated sexual assault, says Justice Lokur
Coach accused of threatening Brij Bhushan complainants was also named in a wrestler’s 2017 sexual harassment FIR
The case against Mahavir Bishnoi is still in court, next date July 2023
Against overwhelming odds, women entrepreneurs in Kashmir Valley offer hope
Stories from the Valley after the devastating impact of the abrogation of Article 370 (August 2019) have been otherwise grim; here some real life accounts of Kashmiri women pioneering online businesses show us a tale of both resilience and hope
POCSO: lack of witness not a ground for acquittal, says Meghalaya HC
The court held that if the survivor’s testimony is reliable then lack of witnesses to the incident cannot become a reason for acquittal
Warning or threat, accused MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh sends ‘message’ to BJP’s top brass: UP
‘The main motive is to tell PM Modi and Amit Shah that he is in a position to damage the BJP’s prospects in Kaisarganj, Gonda, Balrampur, Faizabad and Shravasti constituencies’ and it is this political clout that he still carries a close associate of the MP told The Telegraph in Lucknow.
Protesting wrestlers will resume stir, say govt not ready to arrest WFI chief by June 15
The wrestlers, who participated in a Mahapanchayat with Khap leaders held in Sonipat on Saturday, June 10, reiterated their stand that they will not participate in the Asian Games later this year if the government does not meet their demands.
“I changed my statement because I was scared, my family is living under constant threat”: father of the minor wrestlers’ complainant
Minor complainant’s father changes allegations of sexual harassment against Singh, what does this mean for the case?
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