Gender and Sexuality

Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court acknowledged the dignity and rights of employment of transgender individuals, ordered monetary compensation for a transwoman teacher who had been terminated from her position, and ordered that a model Equal Opportunity Policy be made mandatory in all institutions, going further than the Constitution's promise of equality in private employment

Women lawyers move SC against Madhya Pradesh HC ‘Rakhi for Bail’ order

The petitioners have challenged the High Court order that caused further victimisation of the survivor by letting off her abuser easy

Minority Lives Matter

Is new India a better place for Dalits, Muslims, women and other minorities?

UP: Teenage Dalit girl’s body found in paddy field, family suspect rape

Family found the half-naked body of their teenage daughter on Wednesday night in a paddy field where she had gone to work

Another Rape! 17-Year-Old Kidnapped, Gang-Raped For 22 Days: Odisha

Demanding assistance of ₹ 25 lakh for the family of the girl, Congress spokesperson Nishikant Mishra said the incident should be investigated by the crime branch.

15-yr-old Dalit ‘gangrape victim’ takes her own life: Chitrakoot, UP

In a gruesome case of gendered assault, her family members have alleged after her death that she was raped by three men in a forest area on October 8, the UP police said

Woman sets herself ablaze in front of Assembly building in Lucknow!

Policemen doused flames, rushed woman to hospital; she is said to be in a critical condition

Teen alleges rape on college campus where UP civil services exam was underway!

The class 10 student has alleged that she was raped by a college students, robbed and filmed by around a dozen more

Register ‘Zero FIR’ in case of the crime against women: MHA reminds states

Advisory comes in the wake of national outrage over the Hathras case, mentions ‘dying declarations’, and action against police failure 

Funeral or destruction of evidence: Why did the UP police light Hathras victim’s pyre?

Footage of cops surrounding the burning pyre shows how the victim's immediate family was shut out of the last rites 

Jharkhand HC pulls up police for shoddy investigation in Giridih rape and murder case

The Court, shocked at the laxity of investigating officers with no progress even after a lapse of 6 months, has ordered for the constitution of SIT to probe the case  

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