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A regressive 2026 amendment to rights of Trans persons is under legal challenge even as pride month is celebrated
Unable to stay the statute, High Courts have charted a middle path—protecting petitioners already undergoing hormone therapy while the broader constitutional challenge awaits adjudication by the Supreme Court
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Centre returns Saurabh Kirpal’s file to Collegium for the 5th time
If elevated as judge, he will become India’s first openly gay judge
M’tra Govt moves HC against MAT Order directing inclusion of Transgenders in police recruitment
In a controversial response to the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal to facilitate the employment of transgenders into the state police, the Maaharashtra Govt has approached the Bombay HC to reverse the order
After furore for slurring women, Ramdev regrets and apologises
Ramdev has sent an email to the effect to the Maharashtra State Commission for Women Chairperson Rupali Chakankar, in response to her missive of Friday demanding an explanation for his utterances within 72 hours.
Imam Bukhari is a sexist: IMSD
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Calling it “improper,” Delhi’s Jama Masjid bans entry of single, unaccompanied women
Putting into practice this objectionable gender driven exclusion, this iconic masjid and monument will impose in India’s capital an unconstitutional practice
Every 11 minutes a woman is killed by partner/family member: UN
The UN chief also said that violence against women is the most pervasive human rights violation and called on governments to push national plans to tackle this scourge
Understanding evolution of Indian abortion law
How the rights to bodily autonomy & free choice have recently been understood to be integral to the right to abortion
Shraddha Murder Case Turns Communal, Right-Wingers Term it Love Jihad
A few BJP leaders and the VHP have portrayed the barbaric murder as part of a larger conspiracy by Muslim youths to target Hindu women.
Why Don’t Women Find Representation in Himachal Pradesh Assembly?
Attitudes have changed in the hilly state. People readily elect women given a chance. But parties refuse to alter the discrimination during ticket distribution.
Woman, partner murdered by her brothers in suspected honour killing in UP’s Baghpat
One of the accused surrendered before Ramala police station and told the officials that he along with his three brothers had killed his sister and her lover Tuesday.
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