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Alibaba, China's largest e-commerce company, has announced in August 2021 that it will set up a committee, initially comprising five female senior ex ...
Tarun Tejpal and the case of victim blaming
"She did not look disturbed, reserved, terrified or traumatised in any way even though this was immediately after she claims to have been sexually as ...
Is Section 509 of the IPC a Meaningful Provision in Current Times?
Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) is a bailable offence defined as: “Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman.— ...
The Consent Given In Consequence Of Any Misconception Or Fear Cannot Be Said To Be A Free Consent: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court in the matter of Rajkishore Shrivastava vs. State of MP & Anr. on 2nd August 2021 observed that by giving the prose ...
Pakistan and the Law around Sexual Harassment at Workplace
Pakistan enacted “The Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act” in 2010. This is the first time that sexual harassment has been define ...
Marital Rape Is A Good Ground To Claim Divorce: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court in XXX v. XXX (names kept confidential) on 30th July 2021, observed that “Treating a wife's body as something owing to husband ...
World Breastfeeding Week – August 1 to 7
The concept of breastfeeding week was formulated way back in the year 1990 by World Health Organisation (WHO) along with United Nations International ...
Microaggressions: Sexual Harassment Subtleties in the Workplace
Imagine a workplace, if you will, with a diverse workforce. It may be similar to yours, people of different castes, creed, religions, ages, genders e ...
Dismissal of Employee based on IC’s Inquiry Report, without conducting Inquiry as per Service Rules, is improper: Karnataka High Court
On 20th July, 2021, in the case of Arabi U. Vs. The Registrar, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri and Ors., the Karnataka High Court held that the ...
Kerala High Court Permits Termination Of Pregnancy Without Insisting On The Consent Of The Intellectually Disabled Victim
In the matter of Kerala State Legal Services Authority v. Union of India & Ors., the Kerala High Court on 26th July 2021 permitted to terminate t ...
The Desire Of The Respondent To Settle In Canada Cannot Be Branded As An Act Of Selfishness And It Is No Ground For ‘Cruelty’: Bombay High Court
In Prakashchandra Joshi v. Kuntal Prakashchandra Joshi and others, the Bombay High Court on 24th June 2021 observed that no case has been made out by ...
The Unsubstantiated Accusation And Character Assassination By One Spouse Against The Other Would Constitute Mental Cruelty: Kerala High Court
In Sabitha Unnikrishnan vs. Vineet Das, the Kerala High Court on 28th June, 2021 observed that levelling disgusting accusation of unchastity and attr ...
Compelling A Married Women To Live In Her Parental Home Amounts To Cruelty: Madhya Pradesh High Court
In the matter of Amar Singh v. Smt. Vimla, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 22nd June 2021 observed that compelling a married women to live in her pa ...
Manipur High Court Held Denial of Livelihood To People By Linking Vaccination and Their Employment As Illegal
On 13th July 2021, in the case of Osbert Khaling v. State of Manipur; & 2 ors., The Manipur High Court observed that denial of providing liveliho ...
Sikkim High Court sets aside earlier observation – States that Executive Authority should decide what is ‘Workplace’
In a December 2020 decision in the case of Silajit Guha vs. Sikkim University and Ors., a Single Judge Bench of the Sikkim High Court had stated that ...
Sexual Harassment in Healthcare System
During the COVID-19 pandemic, when people were fighting to avail healthcare services necessary to sustain their lives from accessing labs for RTPCR t ...
Kerala High Court Asked State To Consider State Owned Corporations To Supply RT-PCR Tests Materials To Private Labs
On 8th July 2021, The Kerala High Court in the case of Devi Scans (P) Ltd & Ors. V. State of Kerala & Ors., has issued directions to the Stat ...
Orissa High Court Asks State To Submit Report On Availability Of RT-PCR Testing Facilities In Rural Areas
On 6th July 2021, Orissa High Court in the case of Sanjiv Joshi v. State of Odisha, asked the State Government to submit their response on the availa ...
Judicial precedents leading to the implementation of POSH Act
Farley coined the phrase “sexual harassment of women on the job” in 1975 to describe the patterns of workplace behavior. It took India 38 years to re ...
Tripura High Court Observed That People Can’t Wait For Second Dose Indefinitely After The Interval Period Gets Over
On 9th July 2021, in Court on its own motion : Mr. Somik Deb, Amicus Curiae, The Tripura High Court observed that people who have received their firs ...
Madras High Court Orders State To Issue Covid Certificate To The Families Who Lost Their Member Due To COVID 19
On 8th July 2021, The Madras High Court in the case of HA. Shrirajalakshmi v. The Chief Secretary to Government, issued directions to the State Gover ...