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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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"Only Yes Is Yes": Spain Moves To Tighten Rape Law
During the notorious 2016 gang rape case, two of the men filmed the assault, during which the woman is silent and passive -- a fact the judges interpreted as consent.
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Adultery Law Is Arbitrary, Says Chief Justice Of India Dipak Misra
The Supreme Court is reading out its verdict on the over 150-year-old adultery law that punishes only a man and not a married woman for an affair by treating her as a victim and not as an abettor of the offence. The centre had defended the Victorian law saying adultery must remain a crime so that the sanctity of marriage can be protected, after a p...
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5 Supreme Court Judges to Decide If Women Can Be Punished For Adultery
Whether women can be punished for adultery in India will be decided by a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court. A 19th century criminal law provides for punishing only men, and not women, for adultery. Keeping in mind social progression, gender equity and sensitivity, earlier verdicts on this issue have to be revisited, the top court s...
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Can A Woman Be Punished For Adultery? Supreme Court to Examine
Women can't be prosecuted for adultery in India but this could change. The Supreme Court today agreed to revisit the 19th century criminal law that provides for punishing only men, and not women, for adultery.
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Triple Talaq: Supreme Court Says Will Focus Only on 'Legal' Aspects
The Supreme Court will only examine triple talaq - the practice of Muslim men getting an instant divorce by saying "talaq" three times - from a legal perspective and steer clear of aspects in the legislative domain, such as bringing in a uniform civil code, under which divorce under Muslim law would have to be supervised by courts.
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'Triple Talaq' Violates Women's Rights, Says Allahabad High Court: 10 Points
Triple talaq or the practice of Muslim men getting an instant divorce by saying "talaq" three times is "cruel" and a monstrosity, the Allahabad High Court has said in a strong observation that echoes the stand taken by the central government in the Supreme Court recently. The view that "the Muslim husband enjoys an arbitrary, unilateral power to in...
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Singaporean Acquitted Of Sex Assault Due To 'Men-Only' Law
A Singapore woman who lives as a man has been acquitted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl because the judge said the law on which the charges were based relates only to men with a penis.
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Only 4% of Indian Company Directors are Women: Report
The report "Women on Boards", by Biz Divas, a national network of professional women, and law firm Khaitan and Co, said that men hold 8,640 boardroom positions and women 350 in the country's 1,470 listed firms.
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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.
-
"Only Yes Is Yes": Spain Moves To Tighten Rape Law
During the notorious 2016 gang rape case, two of the men filmed the assault, during which the woman is silent and passive -- a fact the judges interpreted as consent.
-
Adultery Law Is Arbitrary, Says Chief Justice Of India Dipak Misra
The Supreme Court is reading out its verdict on the over 150-year-old adultery law that punishes only a man and not a married woman for an affair by treating her as a victim and not as an abettor of the offence. The centre had defended the Victorian law saying adultery must remain a crime so that the sanctity of marriage can be protected, after a p...
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5 Supreme Court Judges to Decide If Women Can Be Punished For Adultery
Whether women can be punished for adultery in India will be decided by a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court. A 19th century criminal law provides for punishing only men, and not women, for adultery. Keeping in mind social progression, gender equity and sensitivity, earlier verdicts on this issue have to be revisited, the top court s...
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Can A Woman Be Punished For Adultery? Supreme Court to Examine
Women can't be prosecuted for adultery in India but this could change. The Supreme Court today agreed to revisit the 19th century criminal law that provides for punishing only men, and not women, for adultery.
-
Triple Talaq: Supreme Court Says Will Focus Only on 'Legal' Aspects
The Supreme Court will only examine triple talaq - the practice of Muslim men getting an instant divorce by saying "talaq" three times - from a legal perspective and steer clear of aspects in the legislative domain, such as bringing in a uniform civil code, under which divorce under Muslim law would have to be supervised by courts.
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'Triple Talaq' Violates Women's Rights, Says Allahabad High Court: 10 Points
Triple talaq or the practice of Muslim men getting an instant divorce by saying "talaq" three times is "cruel" and a monstrosity, the Allahabad High Court has said in a strong observation that echoes the stand taken by the central government in the Supreme Court recently. The view that "the Muslim husband enjoys an arbitrary, unilateral power to in...
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Singaporean Acquitted Of Sex Assault Due To 'Men-Only' Law
A Singapore woman who lives as a man has been acquitted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl because the judge said the law on which the charges were based relates only to men with a penis.
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Only 4% of Indian Company Directors are Women: Report
The report "Women on Boards", by Biz Divas, a national network of professional women, and law firm Khaitan and Co, said that men hold 8,640 boardroom positions and women 350 in the country's 1,470 listed firms.
