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Can't deny rape victims justice for lack of medical proof, oral testimony enough: Delhi HC

-Press Trust of India “Just because some false cases are filed, we cannot deny justice to real victims,” the court observed. New Delhi: Justice cannot be denied to the victims of sexual offences for lack of medical evidence and a woman’s oral testimony can be relied upon, the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the amendments made in the...

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Cow-Related Violence: 86% Dead Since 2010 Are Muslim; 97% Attacks Reported After 2014 -Delna Abraham and Ojaswi Rao

-TheWire.in/ IndiaSpend About half the cases of cow-related violence – 32 of 63 – were from states governed by the BJP at the time, eight were run by the Congress and the rest by other parties. Muslims were the target of 51% of violence centered on bovine issues over nearly eight years (2010 to 2017) and comprised 86% of 28 Indians killed in 63 incidents, according to an IndiaSpend content analysis of...

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Not in data's name: How not to be misled by biased statistics -Karthik Shashidhar

-Livemint.com Going by official statistics, there was a marked increase in the number of crimes committed against women in India in 2013—compared to the previous year, the number of crimes against women increased by a whopping 27%. However, before we jump to the conclusion that the number of crimes against women saw a significant increase in 2013, we need to look at the context. In December 2012, a woman in Delhi was...

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It's time to give priority to women's work participation

MG Road is seldom considered as a safe place for working women who travel for work to either Gurgaon or Delhi. Almost everyday untoward incidents related to molestation, sexual harassment, kidnapping or rape that occur here are reported in various NCR-based newspapers. Clearly, safety of women office-goers and female workers is one of the major determinants of their (low) labour force participation, even in urban locations like Gurgaon or Delhi....

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Sharp rise in rape, molestation cases make women feel unsafe in Gurgaon -Anshika Tiwari and Shivika Jain

-Hindustan Times Till June, 2017, as many as 58 Rape cases have been registered in Gurgaon. Women said they feel unsafe commuting to and from work With a spurt in rape, molestation and other crimes against women in Gurgaon, the women no longer feel safe in the city. Incidents of eve teasing and harassment have also raised concern over women’s safety in the city. “I don’t prefer going out alone after 9 pm. This...

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