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Shariat Campaign: Ulema’s Boon to Hindutva
Progressive Muslims reject AIMPLB’s 'Save Shariah' Campaign; Call for gender justice and real reforms
Women and children targeted at public toilets, Mumbai POCSO Court suggests appointing women security guards
The court’s observations came in connection with a recent judgment convicting an accused for sexually assaulting a minor girl
Delhi HC demands updates on separate toilets for Delhi’s trans community
Separate toilets are a basic human right, says petitioner appealing to the Delhi High Court
Same-sex marriage: Delhi HC asks Central Government to respond to the plea for live-streaming of proceedings
Multiple petitions filed about different aspects of the recognition of wider rights of the LGBTQIA community
Still no move on marital rape by the Centre
Despite two High Courts ruled against the phenomenon of marital rape, the Centre sits on the fence
Sharp spike in cases of child marriage and child trafficking in 2020!
The number of under-age marriages jumped from 523 to 785 within a year, this even as Covid-19 brought about unprecedented economic hardships on families
BMC reports only 43 vasectomies in 2021-22
Blaming the decline on the Covid-19 pandemic, authorities said they will address the issue with new vigour
In rare circumstances woman can acquire caste of husband: K’taka HC
Court was examining a case where a woman married to an ST man was removed from her position in the gram panchayat as the seat was reserved for an ST candidate
HC grants bail to former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur
Arrested on August 27, 2021, after a rape victim died by suicide, accusing him of protecting accused, BSP MP Atul Rai
Punjab and Haryana HC expands scope of Sec 377 IPC and “sexual intent”
The Court held that penetration was not a necessary ingredient for invoking the offence and the sexual intent was an imperative aspect
Mumbai court rejects bail plea of Bu**i Bai app case accused Vishak Kumar Jha
Citizens for Justice and Peace, and human rights organisations had written to Mumbai Police Commissioner, urging a deeper probe into the matter
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