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Quote of the Day by Melinda French Gates: 'It's the mark of a backward society when...'—Top quotes by the co-founder of the Gates Foundation who's consistently listed among Forbes' 100 most powerful womenQuote of the Day: Melinda French Gates states that societies move backward when men make decisions for women. Her words champion equality a...- Bring down age of consent from 18 to 16 yrs, SC toldThe Supreme Court faces a plea to lower the age of consent. Advocate Indira Jaising argues current laws criminalize adolescent relationship...
- Wife watching porn, masturbation not cruelty to husband, says HC rejecting divorce pleaThe Madras high court ruled that a woman's private act of masturbation and watching porn does not constitute cruelty towards her husband. T...
- Pressing a minor girl's lips and sleeping next to her without sexually motivated advances not a POCSO offence: HCThe Delhi High Court ruled that touching a minor girl's lips and sleeping next to her without sexually motivated intent does not constitute...
- SC overturns HC's controversial ruling which advised girls to control sexual urges, restores conviction in rape caseThe Supreme Court set aside a 2023 Calcutta High Court decision which acquitted a man accused of raping a minor and controversially advised...
- Cal HC's "control sexual urges" advice to girls: SC to hear suo motu writ petition, WB's appeal on May 2The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing for May 2 regarding a controversial Calcutta High Court ruling advising adolescent girls to "cont...
- Supreme Court rules all women entitled to safe, legal abortionThe Supreme Court has ruled that all women, regardless of their marital status, were entitled to benefits of safe and legal abortion till 2...
- Any act of rape punishable but marital relationship qualitatively different, says Delhi HCThe court questioned as to why the exception from the offence of rape granted to a married couple had remained in the legislature for sever...
- SC overturns Nagpur bench's rulings on sexual offenceThe two accused had been sentenced only under various sections of the IPC by the HC, and not the Pocso Act, and had got away with lighter s...
- An unequal music: Only half of women in developing world feel free to make decisions about contraception, says reportFrom abortion services to virginity tests, women are forced to give up control over their bodies.
- SC to decide validity of provisions governing restitution of conjugal rightsCourts usually order restitution of conjugal rights to force warring couples to get along.
- SC to examine whether forcing woman to stay with husband against her will is violative of her rightsCourts usually order restitution of conjugal rights to force warring couples to get along
- Thoughts on #MeToo: Workplaces need to go beyond compliance to fight sexual harassmentSexual harassment encompasses a range of behaviours, from a lewd joke to molestation and sexual assault.
- Supreme Court strikes down Victorian-era adultery lawIf adultery is treated as a crime, there would be immense intrusion into the extreme privacy of the matrimonial sphere and it is better lef...
- History owes apology to LGBT community and kin: Justice Indu MalhotraJudge Malhotra was part of a 5-judge bench that held Section 377 of IPC to be in violation of the constitutional right to equality and dign...
- Why some wives have pinned hopes on this Delhi High Court verdictMany other survivors of marital rape are now pinning their hopes of justice on the Delhi High Court, which is hearing a petition filed by t...
- Supreme Court to reconsider its 2013 decision to criminalise gay sexUnder Section 377 of the IPC, consensual sexual acts between members of the same sex are an offence entailing punishment up to life term.
- Tough laws alone can't protect women against sexual violence: Chief Justice of India HL DattuHe said sexual violence is an area of concern and the country has to act urgently if it has to combat the menace.
- Time for women to make crucial political choicesThis Women’s Day comes when India’s political parties prepare for crucial national elections, which throw up new methods of campaigning.
- Gay sex: Foreign laws cannot be applied blindfolded, says Supreme CourtSupreme Court today said while setting aside the judgement of the Delhi High Court decriminalising sexual intercourse between same sex peop...
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