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US Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teamsThe US Supreme Court has affirmed state laws preventing transgender girls and women from participating in school sports, a decision impacti...- Exclusion of married daughter from definition of 'family' manifestly arbitrary: SCThe Supreme Court has ruled that married daughters are eligible for compassionate appointments. The court found excluding them from the def...
- Boss denied you a deserving salary hike despite good performance? Check your rights under new Labour CodePrivate sector employees in India face limited legal recourse against appraisal discrimination, especially when it's not gender-based. Whil...
- Quote of the Day by Amal Clooney: ‘As women, we may not be a minority, but there is a bond that we all share; it is...’ - What the Lebanese-British human rights advocate understood about the struggles of womenQuote of the Day by Amal Clooney highlights a universal bond among women, transcending geography, religion, and culture. It focused on shar...
- Top cases on the United States Supreme Court's docketThe U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing significant cases. These cases cover voting rights, presidential authority, immigration policies, and g...
- Can you be fired from job despite achieving your annual target? Know what the labour law saysMeeting annual targets doesn't guarantee job security in the private sector. Labour laws, particularly the Industrial Disputes Act, offer p...
- Women’s employment rate rises to 39% in 2025 from 22% in 2017: Mansukh MandaviyaFemale employment in India has seen a substantial rise, reaching 39 percent in 2025 from 22 percent in 2017. This growth reflects increased...
- Constitution over tradition: Why ‘essential practices’ must not override individual rightsIndia's Supreme Court is embarking on an examination of religious traditions to determine their compliance with fundamental rights. Key cas...
- Can women be stripped of their religious identity after marrying outside their faith? Supreme Court to decide in inter-faith marriage caseThe Supreme Court of India will examine a constitutional challenge alleging gender discrimination in Parsi personal laws. A Parsi woman's p...
- Trump fires two Democratic commissioners of agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplacePresident Donald Trump has fired two Democratic commissioners from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a National Labor Relatio...
- Taliban say it's absurd to accuse them of gender discriminationThe Taliban have denied accusations of gender discrimination and human rights violations as Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands...
- Challenging gender stereotypes: CJI Chandrachud cites years of him caring for ailing wifeChief Justice DY Chandrachud, in a lecture, addressed gender pay gap and homemaker's rights in India. He emphasized society's subjective al...
- Reversing Trump, US restores transgender health protectionsThe action by the Department of Health and Human Services affirms that federal laws forbidding sex discrimination in health care also prote...
- Section 377 moored in gender stereotypes that reinforce sexism: Supreme CourtJustice Chandrachud quoted from Andrew Koppelman, to argue that the taboo against homosexuals “polices the boundaries that separate the dom...
- Its time to abolish 'triple talaq', says Venkaiah Naidu"Triple talaq is anti-constitutional, against law, against the principles of democracy and anti-civilisation. This kind of opinion is on th...
- Ravi Shankar Prasad backs Muslim marriage law reformPrasad said there was unanimity within the ruling BJP on the matter and added that it was “politics-neutral” because India is a secular cou...
- Court can't test validity of personal law: Muslim group to Supreme CourtIt had noted that the issue was not merely a policy matter but concerns the fundamental rights of women guaranteed under the Constitution.
- UNFPA report reviews laws on women, impact on son preferenceLaws to check gender discrimination and son preference in the country are often ineffective and sometimes may advance discriminatory practi...
- Legal fraternity must be vanguard of women rights battle: PresidentHe also said that instead of merely talking about social issues of corruption, sexual violence etc, people should work towards addressing t...
- American companies 'a role model for fair hiring practices': StudyUS firms are particularly sensitive to gender bias, operating under laws that have banned sex-based discrimination. Managing a global workf...
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