Gender and Sexuality

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

UP: Dalit woman sexually harassed in Muzaffarnagar, seven held

Representative ImageMuzaffarnagar: A 30-year-old Dalit woman was sexually harassed by...

India ranks 135 out of 146 countries in WEF Gender Gap Index

Ranks below Saudi Arabia, but ahead of Pakistan and Afghanistan that are the bottom of the pile

Female students forced to take off undergarments in Kerala?

The girls were appearing for NEET exams and one of them has now lodged a police complaint; various authorities shirk responsibility

Mumbai Court grants bail to three students in the Bulli Bai app case

A Mumbai court while granting bail to three students in the Bulli Bai app case, which targeted Muslim women by arranging for their "auction", held that their "immature age and understanding" was misused by other accused with "deeper understanding".

Unnatural in Indian culture that father-in-law would rape daughter-in-law: Allahabad HC

Court granted anticipatory bail to rape accused after making an observation based on the culture of the land, but not the allegations of the survivor

Orissa HC grants family pension to transwoman after parents’ demise

HC directed the competent authority to sanction family pension to the Petitioner in stipulated period of time

Sanitary napkin distribution stopped in Delhi gov’t schools, HC expresses disappointment

Court holds that cancellation of tender is not sufficient reason to discontinue the facility; issues notice to Delhi government

Kerala court convicts husband in Vismaya Dowry death case

The death of Vismaya had triggered a strong protest in Kerala against dowry and domestic violence

Demand for live streaming of same sex marriage case just an attempt to create unnecessary hype: Centre

HC refuses to accept the affidavit, applicant points to ‘objectionable comments’

Great Bigots Think Alike: Indian Muslima to the Establishment

A poem about the place and perception of Indian Muslim women

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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

Malegaon 2006 Blast Case: Bombay High Court rejects NIA’s ‘alternate narrative’, holds prosecution built on contradictions and inadmissible evidence

Holding that “diagonally opposite” narratives by investigative agencies cannot sustain a trial, the Court finds the NIA’s case rooted in retracted statements, hearsay material, and a legally impermissible reinvestigation—bringing the prosecution to a “dead end”

Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra for sexually abusive posts targeting women journalists

Court finds tweets “sexually coloured,” prima facie intended to outrage modesty; directs police probe into X account and devices

From Cow Slaughter to “Public Order”: Allahabad High Court’s expanding use of preventive detention

Through detailed reliance on fear, timing, intelligence inputs, and administrative response, the Court stretches “public order” to justify preventive detention—raising difficult questions about liberty, evidence, and constitutional limits

From FIRs to “Corporate Jihad”: How the TCS Nashik case was transformed from an investigation into a communal narrative

As police probe serious claims of harassment, a parallel story of conspiracy and conversion dominates public discourse