Gender and Sexuality

MP: Beautiful woman ‘distracts, rape may follow’ says Cong MLA, outrage follows

Intemperate and insensitive remarks by Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya on women, rape and women from Dalit and Adivasi communities have left the Congress shame-faced on the eve of LoP Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the state

International Women’s Day: A tribute to advocates who challenged patriarchy

Battling discriminatory and oppressive practices, these lawyers dared to challenge the system

Women & Men too, must arise now and #Embrace Equity!

On February 13, a mother and her daughter were...

Asma अब भी जिंदा है! (Ab bhi Zinda hai!) Asma is still Alive!

A personal tribute on International Womens Day …. if we in Pakistan can fight our dictators, you should be able to fight your politicians!

Not a Dalit Women’s Day in India

The more layered oppressions faced routinely by Dalit women demand that Indian police and courts respond; this however will only happen if diversity through creative affirmative action within these structures is inbuilt; today the system resists any discussion on diversity

Hathras gangrape: Only Sandeep Sisodiya convicted for culpable homicide, and not for rape

The Hathras special court has sentenced him to life imprisonment, while acquitting others accused in the case

Niwari’s Women Farmers Lead the Efforts for Sustainable Farming and Protection of Environment

Women farmers of Neemkhera village (Niwari district and block, Madhya Pradesh) gather near their ancient water tank built during the times of Chandel kings several centuries earlier.

How the 9-year-old custody of a girl child is unsettled after a bitter legal battle

The doctrine of parens patraie is invoked by the Allahabad HC without an interview with the girl child

Domestic Violence Act, 2005: SC directs union to hold meetings with various ministries, states/UTs, address hopeless inadequacy of protection officers

In a significant order passed last week, Friday, Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta of the Supreme Court directed the Secretary of the union ministry of Women and Child Development to convene a meeting with the various ministries including the ministry of finance, social justice and home affairs, Principal Secretaries of all states and Union Territories to, inter alia, look into the issue of inadequacy of Protection Officers under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

India behind on poverty, health and gender goals: Independent study

The study, which covers 707 districts, has found that barely a year ago, in 2021, over 75 per cent of the districts were off target on key indicators such as access to basic services, anaemia, poverty, child marriage etc

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Much comment was made about the obvious conflicts between two verdicts of the Supreme Court of India –the Vanshakti judgements—between May and November 2025 and as India lives with the consequences, it is essential to situate the dispute within the broader evolution of environmental constitutionalism in India.

Interfaith couple tied, hacked to death in Moradabad; woman’s brothers arrested in alleged honour killing

Bodies of Mohammad Arman and Kajal Saini were buried behind a temple after the brothers allegedly murdered them for their relationship; two accused taken into custody

CJM who ordered FIR against police for 2024 Sambhal violence case transferred by Allahabad HC, new trend?

CJM Vibhanshu Sudheer was among 14 judicial officers transferred by the Allahabad HC. He had ordered an FIR against then Circle Officer Anuj Chaudhary and SHO in connection with the shooting of a youth during the violence. Drawing widespread criticism from lawyers and students, this move has been compared to similar recent transfers that point unfavourably to lasting judicial independence

Supreme Court brokers interim peace at bhoj shala, allows basant panchami pujas and Friday namaz under strict safeguards

Directing separate enclosures, regulated access, and administrative oversight, the top court appeals for mutual respect while keeping the core dispute over the Dhar complex’s religious character open before the Madhya Pradesh High Court

UP: 14-Year-Old Dalit Content Creator Ashwamit Gautam faces arrest, FIR over strong dissenting social media videos

Ashwamit Gautam,a young 14 year-old content creator on social media platforms now faces an FIR under the repressive Uttar Pradesh administration headed by Adityanath as chief minister. Potentially this could mean detention or arrest, all over viral social media videos; the move that came to light on Wednesday, January 21 is a clear case of the state silencing young voices

Bombay HC: Notice to Maharashtra state, police on UK doctor, Sangram Patil’s petition seeking quashing of LOC & FIR

The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notice to the state government and other respondents seeking their response to a plea by UK doctor and YouTuber Sangram Patil; Patil a doctor of repute, and a Maharashtrian expat was detained on his arrival at Mumbai airport on January 10 and later prevented from leaving for the UK on Jan 19

A rare yet heart-warming coincidence: Hindu-Muslim Kidney transplant

A Hindu’s kidney in a Muslim’s body, and a Muslim’s kidney in a Hindu’s body—you tell me, what religion does this kidney belong to? Yesterday’s incident in Sambhajinagar shows that at certain moments, neither God nor Allah comes running to help. What comes instead is humanity and wisdom.

Shivsena UBT candidate Roshani Gaikwad moves Bombay HC against gross violations during recent BMC elections

Alleging gross violations on BMC poll day, including already opened ballot boxes and broken seals on EVM machines and an absence of vote tally, the SS (UBT) candidate Roshani Gaikwad, has moved the Bombay HC