Gender and Sexuality

Protest outside Delhi HC gate over bail in Unnao rape case, survivor’s mother asks for maximum punishment

Protesters gathered near the court premises, raising slogans and expressing opposition to the bail order

Purge incorrect, derogatory references to LGBTQIA+ persons: National Medical Commission

NMC issues advisory to medical colleges and textbook authors; decision flows from a landmark June 2021 judgment by Madras HC

Bikaner hostel rape case: Rajasthan court awards life sentence to main accused, convicts two others

A 17-year-old Dalit girl was found dead in a water tank at her hostel in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district in 2016

Resist before Delhi Police makes sexual assault their SoP for protesters: AISA

Students' group condemns Delhi police for allegedly sexually assaulting women who had gathered outside Home Minister Amit Shah’s house to protest the killing of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri

Can minor’s consent be considered in POCSO cases?

The Gujarat High Court sets aside conviction of rape under POCSO Act, as the minor girl and the convict were married and girl had borne 2 children

Bombay HC orders protection of identities in POSH proceedings

The court has said that cases of sexual harassment at workplace will not be reported in the media without prior approval; order to not be passed in open court

Understanding the ‘Haritha Moment’: The Gender-ed Turn in Kerala Muslim Politics

Kerala Muslims, arguably the most powerful Muslim community of...

SC paves the way for women to take National Defence Academy exam in November 2021

The top court refused to entertain the centre’s notification to allow women candidates to take the entrance exam for entry into NDA only in May 2022

A year on, Hathras victim’s family awaits a house, pension and employment

The victim’s family has urged the court to provide them with immediate relief as laid down in the SC/ST rules, 1995

Slamming delay in probe, Allahabad HC directs police to speed up sexual assault probe

​​​​​​​The court reiterated section 173 of CrPC which was amended in 2018 to mandate that investigation in sexual violence cases should be completed within 2 months; yet in this case, the statements of the accused were recorded after 3 months of the FIR

Crimes against women highest in Uttar Pradesh: NCRB 2020 report

 49,385 cases of crimes against women have been registered in UP; report has revealed that 2020 has seen a rise in crimes against SC/ST members

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Peaceful street protest in Mumbai condemns Christmas-time attacks on Christians across India

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Protest outside Delhi HC gate over bail in Unnao rape case, survivor’s mother asks for maximum punishment

Protesters gathered near the court premises, raising slogans and expressing opposition to the bail order

SIR: Over 3.5 Crore electors flagged for removal across 12 states in SIR, Uttar Pradesh will publish its draft rolls on December 31

More than 3.5 crore electors have been provisionally deleted from electoral rolls across 12 states and UTs following the publication of draft rolls under the SIR, Uttar Pradesh, which has the largest electorate in the country, is scheduled to publish its draft electoral rolls on December 31, 2025, marking the next major phase of the ongoing controversial revision exercise

Free Speech in India 2025: What the Free Speech Collective report reveals about a year of silencing

Based on data documenting 14,875 violations, the Free Speech Collective’s latest report traces how killings, arrests, mass censorship, corporate pressure and regulatory overreach combined to shrink India’s public sphere in 2025

Demand that Modi provides Rs 1 crore compensation for migrant worker, Ram Narayan Baghel killed by right wing goons in Kerala: AIKS

Apart from condemning the shocking killing, by lynching of migrant worker, Ram Narayan Baghel killed by right wing goons belonging to the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (RSS) and BJP in Palakkad, Kerala, the AIKS has demanded that the Modi Government to provide Rs. 1 crore as ex- gratia compensation to the family of the deceased

Kishore Theckedath: an exceptional Marxist intellectual and mass organiser

Kishore Thekedath who passed away at 89 in Mumbai hailed from Kerala and was among the founder members of the Bombay University and College Teachers Union (BUCTU) in 1966, remaining on the Executive Committee of the body for fifty years until 2016; he was also the Vice President of the Kerala People's Education Society (KPES), which has been running the large Adarsh Vidyalaya in Mumbai very well for several decades. This tribute, by Ashok Dhawale, senior CPI-M leader brings alive Thekedath’s contribution to the collective struggles of teachers and students

Kerala: Protests erupt after RSS-BJP man’s alleged attack on children’s Christmas carol group in Palakkad

Clearly emboldened by some recent poll gains by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in local elections in the state, a RSS-BJP worker Aswin Raj allegedly assaulted the children and damaged their musical instrument, the police have arrested him