-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A young lawyer, who had alleged that she was sexually harassed by a "retired Supreme Court judge", has stood by her earlier statements and interviews and repeated the charges against her alleged tormentor in her deposition before a three-judge fact-finding committee set up by Chief Justice P Sathasivam. In her blog post on 'Journal of Indian Law and Society' on Thursday, she said, "On November 12,...

-The Network of Women in Media (India) Recent developments at the weekly news magazine Tehelka demonstrate that media houses have a long way to go in ensuring safety for women media professionals. A journalist working with Tehelka revealed that she was sexually assaulted by the editor, Tarun Tejpal, on two occasions on 7 and 8 November 2013. The repeated harassment and assault over two days took place during Tehelka's "Think" festival in...

-Economic and Political Weekly While automobiles contribute signifi cantly to pollution and environmental degradation, and affect human health, the authorities who are supposed to understand the gravity and the urgency of the problem pay no attention to the alternatives. Two cases presented in this article demonstrate that activists and experts, even high court Judges, cannot change the situation, if the authorities do not want to play ball. Please click here to read...

-The Indian Express New Delhi: It's exactly a year since the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) came into force on Children's Day. But child rights activists and lawyers say what was envisaged as a stringent law to bring down cases of child abuse still has teething problems. Doctors say there are no guidelines listing out the necessary steps that doctors need to take while examining child-victims. A doctor at the...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A high-level meeting on judicial reforms has been called by law minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday to deliberate on important issues, including the litigation policy and making audio-video recording of all court proceedings mandatory. The meeting of the advisory council of the National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms, headed by the law minister, will be attended by advisor to the prime minister Sam Pitroda,...