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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

Remove Chandramukhi Devi from NCW: Anganwadi Workers group

Group demands fast track trial of the Budaun rape and murder case, adequate compensation and a job for the victim’s family

Why did Budaun police take so long to catch rape-accused Temple priest?

Alert locals caught the accused who was hiding in the same village, and handed him over to the police

NCW member blames Badaun gangrape victim!

National Commission for Women member Chandramukhi Devi said If victim had not gone out unaccompanied in the evening, ganrape, murder would not have happened; the accused temple priest is still absconding

National women organisations demand justice for anganwadi gang-rape victim

Organisations claim that police ignored the pleas of the victim’s family to lodge the FIR

Ex IAS officer claims UP govt detained him for trying to meet Badaun gangrape victim’s family

Meanwhile, there continues to be a lack of political outrage over the brutal gang-rape and murder at a temple in Uttar Pradesh 

Woman allegedly gang raped, brutalised inside UP temple

She succumbed to her injuries; police have booked a priest and two disciples, SHO has been suspended

Mothers can’t be denied child’s custody upon entering new relationship without divorce: Allahabad HC

However, the court allowed visitation rights to the father as a father’s company is also essential for the child’s welfare

When Women Led the Defense of the Constitution

Illustration Credit: Derek Monteiro  The first clue came from the...

UP gov’t demolishes portions of Darsgah School in Azamgarh village

As 600 girl students face a bleak future devoid of an education, a few villagers offer their houses to be used as classrooms for now

Maharashtra Shakti Bill 2020: Civil society denounce new provisions

Write letter to government raising objections to provisions like death penalty, punitive measures against survivors of sexual offenses

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