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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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SC Collegium recommends elevation of first openly gay judge to Delhi HC
Saurabh Kirpal has been recommended and deferred four time prior to this, purportedly on the flimsy grounds that his partner is a foreign national
Hyderabad-based techie arrested for threating Virat Kohli’s infant with rape
Ramnagesh Srinivas Akubathinihad reportedly changed his Twitter handle and pretended to be a Pakistani user
Afghanistan: Bullet riddled bodies of women activists found in Mazar-e-Sharif
Frozan Safi (30), who had taught at a private university in Balkh the northern Afghan province, was one of the victims identified
Hate Watch: Twitter user threatens Virat Kohli’s infant with rape, deletes accounts after outrage
Many try to divert attention elsewhere, suggesting saying handle operated from Pakistan, fact checks prove otherwise
Dabur uses LGBTQI storyline to sell skin bleach, gets trolled for ‘insulting’ Karva Chauth
Company backs down, pulls out racist advertisement after MP minister’s ‘warning’, however the advertisement is problematic on other levels
Bombay court convicts man for sexual harassment in one of the shortest trials!
The case was registered on September 28 and the court delivered its verdict on October 5
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
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