India's Domestic Violence Act, now 20 years old, offers vital legal protection to women against abuse. Recent amendments expand accountabil...

Elon Musk has mocked Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ proposal to introduce gender-neutral language. The changes suggested by Evers seek to r...

Legal experts express concerns over the misuse of domestic violence and dowry harassment laws. They advocate for gender-neutral legislation...

The high court had then remarked that a "simpliciter withdrawal" has to be distinguished from a "withdrawal with liberty" to approach a cou...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has adopted the draft report on new crime laws with several changes, including gender-...

Same-sex marriage was one of the key sticky points for the Uttarakhand panel which was tasked to recommend a lawbook for all family laws en...

The high court also said gender-specific laws are not meant to be "anti-opposite gender" but to serve the purpose of addressing unique issu...

Upadhyay had, in August 2020, filed the PIL seeking "uniform grounds of divorce" for all citizens, in keeping with the spirit of the Consti...

"We are pleased to share that in our endeavour to make our campus a truly inclusive space, the ground floor of GH-6 has been designated as ...

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde issued notices to union ministries of home affairs, law and justice and the women and child devel...

The petition filed by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay said gender and religion-neutral laws in succession and inheritance is necessary to...

"What is the sanctity of marriage here. If the consent of husband is taken then there is no adultery," the bench said.

The government was responding to a court notice on a public interest litigation which wanted the law struck down as it was not gender neutr...

The poll panel has asked the law ministry to replace the term 'wife' with 'spouse' in the provision in the R P Act related to service voter...

Mukherjee had requested the authorities to address her as 'Mx' in her certificates, which has probably become the first Indian educational ...

The law needs to be introduced in Parliament and passed before March 22 to ensure that the ordinance, promulgated last month, does not laps...

The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal making rape a genderneutral offence, under which the word ‘rape’ would be replaced by the phrase ...