Horrified at reports of violence against women in India: U.S.
The United States has said it is “horrified” at reports of sexual violence and murders in India and it also applauded the role of individuals, government officials and civil society groups working to...
View Article“Scrap Holiday for Justice” by Justice K.Chandru
“Columbus! Columbus! Holidays are here!’ Before kids in nursery schools break into this hit Tamil film song, parents bundle them off to summer camps to learn drawing, dance and swimming. But there is...
View ArticleMisogynistic comments by politicians embarrass India abroad
Indian on Wednesday found itself on an embarrassing position at the 58th UN session on the Committee on Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) with the...
View ArticleMahila Congress to set up complaints panel on sexual harassment
The All India Mahila Congress has decided to set up an internal complaints committee to deal with cases of sexual harassment following the guidelines under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace...
View ArticleIndia gets its first online course on sexual harassment act
The Centre for Social Research in New Delhi has launched an online course on the Sexual Harassment at the Workplace Act, in partnership with Rainmaker, to help women gain awareness of the law and the...
View ArticleConcern for the Dead, Condemnation for the Living
While ruling that women were increasingly misusing Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme Court ought to have been more conscious of the prevalence of domestic violence, and the...
View ArticleLetter to the Chief Justice of India regarding Creche
I write to inform you that several of us welcome the changes introduced in the premises of the Supreme Court which we have noticed on the reopening of the Court. In particular the public corridors...
View ArticleCivil society opposes patent on sofosbuvir
10 September, 2014- In a move towards furthering access to affordable medicines, Lawyers Collective through Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust, the Hepatitis Coalition of Nagaland and Network of PLHIV living...
View ArticleDelhi High Court directs government to ensure access to essential medicines...
In a momentous decision impacting the right to health and access to essential medicines the Delhi High Court, on 17 April 2014, directed the Government of NCT Delhi to provide free treatment to a five...
View ArticleTwo years jail to bank manager in sexual harassment case
Munger: Additional district and sessions judge (ADJ)-1 Rajkumar Srivastava on Tuesday awarded two years imprisonment to a retired branch manager of State Bank of India (SBI) in a case of sexual...
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