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2024: Love Jihad – A Socio-Political Weapon: Caste, Endogamy, and Hindutva’s Grip on gender and social boundaries in India
This article examines how "Love Jihad" reinforces caste hierarchies, Hindutva politics, and patriarchal control in India’s 2024 socio-political landscape
Do courts still see marriage as resolution for rape?
The Bombay HC had set aside the ‘atrocious’ order of the Sessions court granting the accused pre arrest bail, but SC reportedly stayed his arrest for 4 weeks!
Dalit teenager killed, body dumped in Aligarh field
After Hathras last year, Uttar Pradesh still makes those at the intersection of gender and caste particularly vulnerable; third major case reported this year
Five youths drug and gang-rape a 17-year-old in Haryana
The minor girl was rescued by her parents who saw their drugged daughter on a motorcycle with two boys, said local police.
UP: Three men arrested for sexually assaulting a working woman
The survivor approached the nearest police station to lodge her complaint after the attack; media reports say police delayed action
IPS officer threatened for filing sexual harassment complaint against DGP
The officers have appealed to the Tamil Nadu IPS Officers Association to recommend suspension of officer who intercepted the complainant’s vehicle and threatened her
Bombay HC acquits death row POCSO convict due to shoddy investigation
The court also directed the Directorate of Prosecution, to initiate action against those responsible failure to get the forensics lab reports
Sexual Harassment: SC refuses to dismiss disciplinary proceedings against retired judge
A sexual harassment complaint was lodged against a Madhya Pradesh district judge after he sent inappropriate messages to a junior judicial officer
No fundamental right of same sex marriage in India: Centre tells Delhi HC
An affidavit filed by the Centre has opposed same sex marriage and submitted that Article 21 cannot be extended to give legal recognition to such marriages
19-year-old woman abducted, gangraped in MP, no arrests yet
A local leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the four accused of the crime, the party has announced that the man has been sacked from his membership
Kerala court sentences priest to life imprisonment for raping step daughter
“If the guardians of wards behave in this manner, who will guard the wards”, questioned the court
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