-The Hindu A man having sex with a woman he intends to marry, with her consent, cannot be said to have committed Rape if for some reasons the marriage does not take place, the Supreme Court held on Monday. A vacation Bench of Justices B.S. Chauhan and Dipak Misra said: "Consent may be express or implied, coerced or misguided, obtained willingly or through deceit. Consent is an act of reason, accompanied by...
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Free porn, illicit liquor behind rise in Rapes: Delhi Police survey-Karn Pratap Singh
-The Hindustan Times Free availability of porn movies, on internet and otherwise, as well as sale of illicit liquor have contributed to the recent rise in sexual crimes against women, says a survey by Delhi police. In the wake of the findings, instructions have been issued to all police stations in the city to put an immediate stop on the sale of porn movies and illicit liquor in their respective jurisdictions. They have...
More »Indian capital has 13 times more toilets for men than women-Nita Bhalla
-Reuters NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation): The Delhi high court has called on local authorities in the Indian capital to provide more public toilets for women after it heard that there were more than 13 times more toilets for men in the city, the Times of India reported on Thursday. According to the report, there are 3,712 public toilets for men, compared to 269 for women in 10 out of 12 zones...
More »Trinamool MP sorry for her comments on Park Street Rape
-IANS Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar Wednesday said she was wrong in terming the Park Street Rape case as a "sex deal gone wrong" and apologised to the West Bengal Human Rights Commission, which had summoned her. "Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar Wednesday appeared before the commission and admitted that her remarks about the Park Street Rape case were wrong and insensitive and duly apologised for it," commission joint secretary Sujay Haldar said. The...
More »India’s premier sexist league-Sharda Ugra
-The HIndu For all its influential reach, the IPL has done little to combat the existing stereotypes about women and done everything to reinforce them IPL 2013 is heading towards its high-intensity, high-octane, high-pitched finale. After the season's numbers have been crunched, the League will dissipate into general back-slapping, errors and omissions excepted. Except that 2013 has been a revelation in itself. While the IPL occupies "soap opera" prime time on TV for...
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