Gender and Sexuality

Petition filed with NCSC seeks justice in Tirunelveli honour killing of Dalit techie

As the brutal caste killing of Kavin Selva Ganesh shocks Tamil Nadu, a petition urges the NCSC to form a fact-finding committee and arrest Sub-Inspectors named in the FIR.

Woman allegedly raped by men who accompanied her from WB to Tikri border

Police, said the victim, who succumbed to Covid, came from West Bengal to Tikri in April with six people from the Kisan Social Army, two of who she accused of rape

UP: Ex-military man alleges physical and sexual assault by Puranpur police!

The man, along with mother and two sisters, was travelling to Likhimpuri for his belated brother-in-law’s last rites, when he was stopped by local police.

I am not fully ‘woke’: Madras HC judge to start psychology sessions to understand same sex relationships

Justice Venkatesh said, “I honestly feel that such a session with a professional will help me understand same-sex relationships better and will pave way for my evolution”

SC recognises how intersection of gender, caste and disability makes one a soft target

While hearing a case realted to the rape of a visually impaired woman from a Scheduled Caste, the court also laid down guidelines on how to deal with complainants with disabilities in their interaction with the judicial system

Not residing with woman does not absolve in-laws of liability in dowry-death cases: Madras HC

 The in-laws of the victim were convicted for the offence of cruelty after which they filed an appeal in the HC

Allahabad HC grants bail to rape accused citing prior consensual sexual relationship

The court also appeared to place onus on minor survivor saying she had "sufficient knowledge" of nature and consequence of sexual activity

Kerala HC reclaims right of extra-judicial divorce for Muslim women

The court asserted rights of Muslim women to seeks extra-judicial dissolution of marriage as per Shariat Act, and laid out guidelines for Family Courts to deal with such declarations.

Why has CAPF man on poll duty, accused of molesting EC a minor not been arrested yet?

West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights has written to the Election Commission of Bengal asking that immediate steps be taken against the accused 

Allegations of sexual assault against CRPF jawan in West Bengal

Derek O’Brien writes to Election Commission about incident in Hooghly

Kerala: Sabarimala issue re enters the spotlight even on poll day

Nair Service Society (NSS) general secretary G. Sukumaran Nair said Ayyappa devotees were “still bitter” about the events that “hurt their faith, political reactions flew thick and fast

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