-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed concern over abusive and derogatory comments on social media and agreed with the contention of two senior advocates that people doing so should face the consequences. The court also hit back at those alleging that judges were increasingly becoming "pro-government". It said such accusations were unfortunate and people should come and sit in courtrooms to see how courts "hauled up"...
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-The Indian Express Delhi High Court judgment in the Mahmood Farooqui case obfuscates the basic principle of consent. The December 16, 2012, gangRape in New Delhi, and the widespread public agonising and legal reform that followed it, helped redefine ideas of gender justice in progressive ways. Following the recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee, the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, criminalised voyeurism and stalking. These changes in the law have been accompanied...
More »Policing lessons from Panchkula -Roshan Kishore
-Livemint.com State’s response to organised violence in India often hinges on a political cost-benefit analysis Days before the verdict in Rape case against Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, his supporters started gathering in Panchkula. A lot of violence could have been prevented by not letting them come there. Why did the government allow this? The Dera is hardly a benign spiritual organisation. It holds significant political clout and openly declares support...
More »Don't criminalise marital Rape, may disturb institution of marriage: Government -Shalini Nair
-The Indian Express Section 375 of the IPC dealing with Rape makes an exception for such instances within marriages and holds that “sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under 15 years of age, is not Rape” STATING THAT what “may appear to be marital Rape” to a wife “may not appear so to others”, the central government took a stand against criminalising marital Rape, in...
More »Nariman praises bold HC judges who pulled up Centre, Khattar
-The Tribune Noted jurist Fali S Nariman on Sunday congratulated the judges of Punjab and Haryana High Court who pulled up the Centre and the Manohar Lal Khattar government for their failure to prevent the loss of lives and property in the violence after a CBI court convicted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim of Rape. “Heartiest congratulations to the brave judges of the Full Bench of the High Court, who...
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