Day September 27, 2018
The law punished a man who has an affair with a woman “without the consent or connivance of” her husband, with five years in jail or fine or both. There was no punishment for the woman, who was seen as… Continue Reading →
Image moreMore than a billion Indians enrolled by giving their fingerprints and retina scans India’s Supreme Court has ruled that Aadhaar – the world’s largest and most controversial biometrics-based identity database – has sufficient legal grounds to exist. But the… Continue Reading →
The judges said they were bound by constitutional principles and did not possess the power to give such directions By SAURAV DATTAS The Supreme Court of India. Photo: Wikimedia Commons A five-judge bench of India’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Tuesday… Continue Reading →
The two-day convention to protest against assaults and threats to journalists was organised recently by media-watch organisation MediaVigil. Saurav Datta Recounting tales of how they have, and are still, being persecuted by the state and even non-state actors for fearlessly… Continue Reading →
PIETER FRIEDRICH | Rape by the powerful The international #MeToo movement, which began spreading last year, is taking on new dimensions with the unfolding saga of a 44-year-old nun in Kerala — a state on India’s southwest coast — who is… Continue Reading →
Study indicates early marriage, male violence and patriarchal culture are to blame Michael Safi in Delhi Specialists blamed the trend on early marriage – one-fifth of Indian women still marry before the age of 15 – along with male violence… Continue Reading →
“I was attacked by a political party at the behest of Nana Patekar,” said Tanushree Dutta Rohit Khilnani “A lot of people are getting away with harassment,” said Tanushree Dutta MUMBAI: HIGHLIGHTS “I have been speaking about it for the… Continue Reading →
Mateen.Hafeez Mumbai: The grandfather of a nine-year-old girl, who was brought to a south Mumbai hospital for heart surgery, has been arrested for allegedly molesting her a day before the operation. He has been charged under the Protection of Children… Continue Reading →
Ratnagiri cops file rape FIR against BJP’s Madhu Chavan Mumbai Mirror | U Madhu Chavan A 57-year-old woman has accused the president of MHADA’s Mumbai board of sexually abusing her on pretext of marriage. BJP spokesperson and president of MHADA’s Mumbai board Madhu Chavan… Continue Reading →
BY-Rethink Aadhaar Campaign More than six years after the first legal challenge to the Unique Identification project were filed in court, today the Supreme Court ruled on the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar project. While four judges wrote upholding the… Continue Reading →