What Waziri lays bare are the inequalities of our gender laws. The insensitivity of our judicial pronouncements.
27 Aug 2023 12:05 AM
The sweep of the judgment is truly remarkable as the right to access a safe abortion at the hands of licensed medical practitioners is total
01 Oct 2022 12:10 AM
High Court observed that it cannot give a direction to the government to legislate and make laws.
09 Jul 2019 10:23 PM
A two-judge bench of the Apex Court, asked Kapur to approach the Delhi High court for seeking relief in the case.
01 Jul 2019 1:57 PM
Advocate Kapur's petition is likely to come up before the court next week.
30 Mar 2019 3:47 PM
The Delhi High Court said that in a marital relationship, both the man and the woman have a right to say no to a physical relationship.
18 Jul 2018 10:41 AM
The arguments remai-ned inconclusive and will continue on August 8, the next date of hearing.
18 Jul 2018 4:48 AM
Gujarat High Court observed 'destructive attitude' that promotes rape in a marriage can be removed only by making marital rape 'illegal'.
03 Apr 2018 9:17 AM
When the age of consent was 18 years for 'all purposes', why was such an exception made in the IPC, the SC had asked the Centre.
10 Oct 2017 9:14 PM
The Centre had defended Section 375(2), saying the immunity provision was meant to protect the institution of marriage.
07 Sep 2017 1:52 AM
The judgment has ramifications for contentious issues like marital rape, reproductive rights of women and surrogacy.
30 Aug 2017 7:16 PM
The marital rape exception in the IPC has another grave problem, that of age groups.
28 Aug 2017 3:16 AM
Sexual assault is not confined to penetrative sex. It comprises a range of violations.
28 Aug 2017 3:11 AM
It also asked whether the court could intervene to protect the rights of such married girls who may be sexually exploited by their spouses.
10 Aug 2017 3:03 AM
The court, thereafter, asked the Centre how many nations had laws against marital rape and listed the matter for next hearing on July 18.
16 May 2017 10:29 AM
It highlights how unreal it is for society to understand the concept of rape in a marriage.
26 Apr 2017 4:30 PM
The experience of working in the film has left Raveena so shaken that she even had a tough time dubbing for her lines.
27 Mar 2017 12:09 AM