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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
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Carry swords to protect cows: Sadhvi Saraswati
The VHP leader's bizarre advice to Hindus in Karnataka follows Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's announcement that the BJP will bring laws “that are good for the people and in the larger interest of society”
Hate Watch: Man loses Panchayat election, forces Dalit voter to lick spit!
Balwant Singh, who subsequently arrested, had reportedly claimed that the victim did not vote for him in the Panchayat elections
Karnataka’s Right-Wing groups most active against Christians ahead of State Assembly meet
Right wing mob sets Christian books ablaze in Kolar, in Belagavi man enters church armed with a machete; Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai hints that draft “anti-conversion bill” may be approved by cabinet
Gurugram: Why are Namaz disruptions on the rise?
It's Friday, and reports are already trickling in of Namaz disruptions; all eyes are on the Gurugram administration to take necessary action
History must be accepted as a whole; temple restoration plea in Qutub Minar complex rejected
The civil court in Delhi rejected the petition while holding that Qutub Minar was a protected monument and its character cannot be changed
Guj HC raps AMC for prohibiting sale of non-veg food on streets
About 20 Ahmedabad street vendors approached the high court as their vending stalls, apparatus, raw material was all vandalised by the municipal authority
Rohingyas sue Facebook for $150 billion over failing to police communal hate speech
A class-action complaint was filed in California and in a coordinated action, British lawyers also submitted a letter of notice to Facebook's London office
Zakia Jafri SLP: Petitioners conclude arguments
On the final day of the hearing, the petitioners brought before the court all the material that required investigation and which was ignored by the SIT in filing its closure report
Madras HC expresses “dismay and anguish” as NCERT removes report on gender non-conforming, transgender children
Titled 'Inclusion of Transgender Children in School Education: Concerns and Roadmap', the report was taken down from website within hours of its publishing, allegedly owing to ‘external pressure’
With such evidence, SIT cannot be given certificate of good character: Petitioners in Zakia Jafri SLP
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With only a few more submissions to make, the petitioners until now have pointed out how the SIT failed on aspects like failure to question authorities, failure to record victims’ statements and also demonstrated how the Gujarat High Court had questioned the investigating methods of the SIT which were contrary to law
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