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'Take Hate Speech Seriously': Court Orders Case Against Tamil Nadu Minister
The Madras High Court today ordered the police to file a case against Tamil Nadu minister K Ponmudy for allegedly making derogatory and hate speeches against women and religious denominations.
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Definition Of A "Woman" Based On Person's Sex At Birth: UK Supreme Court
Britain's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the legal definition of a "woman" is based on a person's sex at birth, a landmark decision with far-reaching implications for the bitter debate over trans rights.
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Who Is Anurag Bajpayee? The Indian-Origin CEO Linked To Luxury Brothel Scandal In US
He was listed among numerous individuals in Boston-area court documents, accused of paying substantial hourly rates for sex services earlier in 2025.
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Shah Bano To Shayara Bano: BJP's History Attack On Congress In Waqf Debate
Shah Bano and Shayara Bano, whose legal battles led to landmark court judgments for Muslim women's rights, found a mention in the Lok Sabha today as the BJP countered the Opposition's charge against the Waqf Amendment Bill
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"What Is Bhojpuri Vulgarity": Court Slams Lawyer During Honey Singh Song Hearing
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rapped a lawyer for using the phrase "Bhojpuri vulgarity" during an argument, and refused to entertain a plea which claimed Honey Singh's latest song 'Maniac' portrays women as "sexual objects".
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#MeToo Movement A 'Reign Of Terror': French Actor In Sex Abuse Trial
French star actor Gerard Depardieu, on trial for sexual assault, told the Paris court on Tuesday that he was not in the habit of "groping" women, and called the #MeToo movement a "reign of terror."
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Law Doesn't Promote Idleness: Delhi High Court On Interim Maintenance For Capable Women
The Delhi High Court has observed that the law doesn't promote idling and said qualified women with an earning capacity shouldn't claim interim maintenance from their husbands.
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Wife Watching Porn, Masturbating Not Grounds For Divorce: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has ruled that wives watching pornography is not grounds for divorce, adding that women retain the right to masturbate and do not surrender their sexual autonomy once they marry.
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UK Crossbow Killer Jailed For Life For Triple Murder
A former soldier who murdered three women and raped one of them in a crossbow and stabbing attack was handed a whole-life prison sentence at a UK court Tuesday.
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Indonesia Court Jails Transgender Woman For Remark On Jesus
An Indonesian court sentenced a transgender woman to more than two years in prison Monday for a remark online about Jesus' hair, a local official said, in a case condemned by rights groups as excessive.
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'Men, Other Genders Also Need Protection From Sex Abuse': Delhi High Court Judge
Justice Prathiba M Singh of the Delhi High Court called for having strong provisions in the law not only to protect women, but also men.
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Top Court Seeks Details Of Cases, Chargesheets Against Men Using Triple Talaq
The Supreme Court asked the Centre to provide the details of the number of FIRs and chargesheets filed against men for pronouncing instant triple talaq to divorce spouses in violation of the 1991 Muslim Women (Protection of Rights in Marriage) Act.
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Top European Court Backs Frenchwoman Divorced For Refusing Sex
Europe's top rights court on Thursday ruled in favour of a 69-year-old Frenchwoman whose husband had obtained a divorce on the grounds that she had stopped having sex with him.
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Victimisation Of Women For 'Witchcraft' Blot On Constitution: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday said victimisation of women in the name of witchcraft was a blot on constitutional spirit and censured an order staying the proceedings against man accused of disrobing and abusing women in the name of witchcraft.
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Laws For Women's Welfare Not Tools To "Extort" Their Husbands: Top Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that strict laws designed for women's welfare are not meant to be tools to "chastise, threaten, domineer or extort" their husbands.
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'Take Hate Speech Seriously': Court Orders Case Against Tamil Nadu Minister
The Madras High Court today ordered the police to file a case against Tamil Nadu minister K Ponmudy for allegedly making derogatory and hate speeches against women and religious denominations.
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Definition Of A "Woman" Based On Person's Sex At Birth: UK Supreme Court
Britain's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the legal definition of a "woman" is based on a person's sex at birth, a landmark decision with far-reaching implications for the bitter debate over trans rights.
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Who Is Anurag Bajpayee? The Indian-Origin CEO Linked To Luxury Brothel Scandal In US
He was listed among numerous individuals in Boston-area court documents, accused of paying substantial hourly rates for sex services earlier in 2025.
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Shah Bano To Shayara Bano: BJP's History Attack On Congress In Waqf Debate
Shah Bano and Shayara Bano, whose legal battles led to landmark court judgments for Muslim women's rights, found a mention in the Lok Sabha today as the BJP countered the Opposition's charge against the Waqf Amendment Bill
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"What Is Bhojpuri Vulgarity": Court Slams Lawyer During Honey Singh Song Hearing
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rapped a lawyer for using the phrase "Bhojpuri vulgarity" during an argument, and refused to entertain a plea which claimed Honey Singh's latest song 'Maniac' portrays women as "sexual objects".
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#MeToo Movement A 'Reign Of Terror': French Actor In Sex Abuse Trial
French star actor Gerard Depardieu, on trial for sexual assault, told the Paris court on Tuesday that he was not in the habit of "groping" women, and called the #MeToo movement a "reign of terror."
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Law Doesn't Promote Idleness: Delhi High Court On Interim Maintenance For Capable Women
The Delhi High Court has observed that the law doesn't promote idling and said qualified women with an earning capacity shouldn't claim interim maintenance from their husbands.
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Wife Watching Porn, Masturbating Not Grounds For Divorce: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has ruled that wives watching pornography is not grounds for divorce, adding that women retain the right to masturbate and do not surrender their sexual autonomy once they marry.
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UK Crossbow Killer Jailed For Life For Triple Murder
A former soldier who murdered three women and raped one of them in a crossbow and stabbing attack was handed a whole-life prison sentence at a UK court Tuesday.
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Indonesia Court Jails Transgender Woman For Remark On Jesus
An Indonesian court sentenced a transgender woman to more than two years in prison Monday for a remark online about Jesus' hair, a local official said, in a case condemned by rights groups as excessive.
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'Men, Other Genders Also Need Protection From Sex Abuse': Delhi High Court Judge
Justice Prathiba M Singh of the Delhi High Court called for having strong provisions in the law not only to protect women, but also men.
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Top Court Seeks Details Of Cases, Chargesheets Against Men Using Triple Talaq
The Supreme Court asked the Centre to provide the details of the number of FIRs and chargesheets filed against men for pronouncing instant triple talaq to divorce spouses in violation of the 1991 Muslim Women (Protection of Rights in Marriage) Act.
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Top European Court Backs Frenchwoman Divorced For Refusing Sex
Europe's top rights court on Thursday ruled in favour of a 69-year-old Frenchwoman whose husband had obtained a divorce on the grounds that she had stopped having sex with him.
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Victimisation Of Women For 'Witchcraft' Blot On Constitution: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday said victimisation of women in the name of witchcraft was a blot on constitutional spirit and censured an order staying the proceedings against man accused of disrobing and abusing women in the name of witchcraft.
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Laws For Women's Welfare Not Tools To "Extort" Their Husbands: Top Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that strict laws designed for women's welfare are not meant to be tools to "chastise, threaten, domineer or extort" their husbands.
