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Resignation in Protest: MP woman judge quits over elevation of senior she accused of harassment and discrimination

In a powerful act of protest, Judge Aditi Gajendra Sharma resigns after the elevation of a senior she accused of caste-based harassment, calling out the judiciary’s silence, systemic bias, and betrayal of its own ideals

We need to rid society of dowry’s curse: All India Muslim Personal Law Board

The AIMPL Board expressed its condolences after the death of a woman in Gujarat, suffering abuse from her in-laws.

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

Refusal to give tea to husband not sudden provocation: Bombay HC upholds conviction

The court observed the skewed patriarchal notions where the wife is treated like the property of the husband, and is expected to do all household chores

Himachal Pradesh HC allows inter caste union, upholds women’s right to choose

The court observed that a girl is not “cattle” but an independent living soul with rights who can exercise her discretion

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 

Why free speech supporters should consider Disha Ravi’s arrest a cause for concern

PMS leader Poonam Kaushik says rising arrests indicate more women being assertive in a steadily intolerant India.

Shabnam Ali likely to become first woman to be hanged in independent India

Shabnam and her partner were sentenced to death in 2010 for murdering seven members of her family

DCW questions why Disha Ravi was not provided with lawyer of her choice in court

The Commission has taken suo moto cognizance of the case and has sought copy of FIR and questioned the Delhi cyber crime cell in the way the case is being handled

Uttar Pradesh: Woman burnt alive by family over interfaith love

Victim's father Kailash Yadav, brother Ajit Yadav, brother-in-law Satyaprakash Yadav, among those arrested 

Woman directly moves SC due to Patna HC’s high pendency rate

The woman’s case is in connection with sexual harassment and intimidation against some village musclemen

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