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...
07 Mar, 2025, 04.18 PM IST
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...
20 Aug, 2024, 11.38 AM IST
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...
23 Feb, 2024, 04.39 PM IST
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...
29 Sep, 2022, 11.53 PM IST
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...
11 Jan, 2022, 12.26 PM IST
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...
19 Nov, 2021, 06.32 AM IST
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.
14 Apr, 2021, 11.37 AM IST
SC to decide validity of provisions governing restitution of conjugal rightsCourts usually order restitution of conjugal rights to force warring couples to get along.
06 Mar, 2019, 08.21 AM IST
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
05 Mar, 2019, 08.41 PM IST
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.
14 Oct, 2018, 09.54 AM IST
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...
27 Sep, 2018, 11.46 PM IST
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...
06 Sep, 2018, 07.31 PM IST
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...
11 Mar, 2018, 11.37 AM IST
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.
09 Jan, 2018, 07.21 AM IST
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.
15 Nov, 2014, 10.52 PM IST
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.
08 Mar, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
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...
11 Dec, 2013, 10.10 PM IST