The Three New Criminal Laws: A Woman’s View
The Indian criminal law system has been overhauled by the three criminal laws namely the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) act, Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS)...
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Core Values of Democracy Under Threat: Analysis of the Sanction of Prosecution Against Author Arundhati Roy Under UAPA in 2010 Case
Arundhati Roy, a renowned author, awardee of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction (1998) for her outstanding debut novel The God of Small Things and...
“It Is Patriarchal And Sexist To Suggest That A Woman Can Not Be Believed When She States That She Was Raped, Merely For The Reason That She Is Sexually Active”: Hon’ble Supreme Court
On 31st October 2022, in its recent judgement titled The State of Jharkhand versus Shailendra Kumar Rai @ Pandav Raidated (Criminal Appeal No 1441 of...
Using The Term “Item” To Address Any Girl Is Obviously Insulting In Nature: Special Pocso Court, Mumbai
In its recent judgement the Special POCSO Court at Borivali Division, Dindoshi, Mumbai has observed that “using the term “item” to address any girl is...
“It Is Patriarchal And Sexist To Suggest That A Woman Can Not Be Believed When She States That She Was Raped, Merely For The Reason That She Is Sexually Active”: Hon’ble Supreme Court
It Is Patriarchal And Sexist To Suggest That A Woman Can Not Be Believed When She States That She Was Raped, Merely For The Reason...
Campaign By Survivors Of Bhopal Gas Tragedy
Last year, survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy commemorated the 37th anniversary of the incident. Thereafter, they decided to launch a campaign, “Bhopal Disaster: 37...
Ancestral Property and Women
Behind every ancestral property now stands women with equal rights as men. It is commonly misunderstood that the property is devolved to the son(s) of...
Economic Abuse Under Domestic Violence Act
Domestic violence against women is not uncommon in Indian society. It affects a large number of women, and the majority of them are so used...
A ‘Foetal’ Death of Abortion.
Supreme Court of United States on 24tth of June, 2022 decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (“Dobbs”) and ruled in favour of the state...
Stand of The Supreme Court on Rights of Sex Workers: The Story so far.
The Indian sex workers case is making the top headline these days. The recent order dated 19-05-2022 given in the case of Budhadev Karmaskar v....
Marital Rape in India
Domestic violence in India is an entrenched problem, and it has only been exacerbated in recent years. According to the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB)...