The Supreme Court is presently hearing a challenge to the exception of marital rape in the definition of what constitutes ‘rape’. India is one of the few countries that does not criminalise marital rape. The. . .
On a close examination of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, the irrefutable conclusion we must draw is that this proposed legislation is blatantly prejudiced and constitutes a frontal attack on the Muslim community, and the. . .
In two consecutive victories to the struggles of powrakarmikas (sanitation workers) of Karnataka, the State Government has declared that 24,005 workers will be made permanent, and the High Court has directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara. . .
As we approach International Women’s Day, we look back at the manner in which the rights of women have been trampled on by the Modi Government over the last 10 years. The BJP claims that. . .
The passage of the UCC by the Uttarakhand Legislature by the brute majority of the BJP invited several comments by those startled by this development, including one particular tweet that states ”BJP leaders wake up. . .
On August 16, 2023, the Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud released the Supreme Court’s “Handbook on Combating Gender Stereotypes”, addressed to members of the legal fraternity including Judges, that acknowledges and seeks to address. . .
The fascist project of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) which constitutes a concerted effort to undermine democratic institutions and to promote Hindutva nationalism, also engages in overt class warfare of the ruling class against the. . .
The lynching of Idrees Pasha on 31st March in Ramanagara district (of Karnataka), at the hands of religious extremist Puneet Kerehalli and his associates from Rashtra Rakshana Pade points to the manner in which law. . .
Shantamma worked for 30 years in the mines of Sandur, Ballari district in Karnataka – from earning a mere Rs. 50/- a month. Her children were born in the mines and grew up there. In. . .
In the first two weeks of September, Bengaluru experienced torrential rains that left several thousand working-class families in the lurch due to submergence of their houses. While television channels was filled with news of how. . .
