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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Ex-DGP Ojha, who attacked criminal-politician nexus in Bihar, dies at 82

Former Bihar DGP DP Ojha, widely considered to be an upright, no-nonsense IPS officer of the 1967 batch, died at his residence in Patna Friday morning, following a long illness. Ex-DGP Ojha, who attacked criminal-politician nexus in Bihar, dies at 82 A man who did not hesitate in speaking about the growing criminalisation of politics, Ojha is credited for his …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Fifa accused of ‘astonishing whitewash’ over Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup bid

The Independent

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1 month, 1 week ago

Marital rape criminalisation to Google antitrust: High profile cases 51st Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna will hear

Live Mint

Justice Sanjiv Khanna took oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi on Monday. CJI Sanjiv Khanna is was part of key landmark judgements, including electoral bonds scheme, abrogation of Article 370, etc. CJI Sanjiv Khanna takes over as the new CJI today: High-profile cases listed in coming months After taking over the charge of the …

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A CJI For The People: A Look At Battles DY Chandrachud Chose As Chief Justice Of India

ABP News

The curtains are drawn on DY Chandrachud's stint as the Chief Justice Of Inida for two significant years. For example in April 2024, the Supreme Court bench headed by CJI Chandrachud said that it is the Constitutional duty of the state government to ensure that a mother who is taking care of a child with disabilities gets child care leaves. …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

WTA chief’s awkward backtrack after defending Saudi Arabia visit

The Telegraph

Portia Archer, the new chief executive of the WTA Tour, was forced to backtrack awkwardly as she attempted to defend the staging of this weekend’s Finals event in Saudi Arabia. While WTA founder Billie Jean King has backed the move, saying “I don’t think you really change unless you engage”, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert penned a critical joint letter …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Migrant women call for education and awareness of forced marriage in Australia

ABC

When Victorian sisters Hamida and Fatemah Samar heard about the forced marriage and subsequent murder of 21-year-old Ruqia Haidari, it brought back traumatising memories. Ms Tuna said she has helped a number of Australian women escape forced marriage over eight years as a community advocate. Listening to the younger generation Ms Tuna said helping women escape from forced marriage required …

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5 months ago

Private Members' Bill barring former judges from joining politics, deepfake regulation listed in RS

Hindustan Times

New Delhi, Private Members' Bills listed in Rajya Sabha for the upcoming Monsoon Session include one that seeks prohibition on holders of constitutional posts, like judges, joining a political party post retirement, a few bills on artificial intelligence and deepfake, as well as one on amending the citizenship law. Private Members' Bill barring former judges from joining politics, deepfake regulation …

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6 months ago

Juvenile justice and Vimukta children

Hindustan Times

There was an uproar recently over the accident in Pune caused by a minor allegedly drinking and driving a high-end vehicle, which resulted in the death of two individuals. This is coupled with the principle of “fresh start”, which entails no criminal records of any child under the Act being maintained except in “special circumstances” that remain undefined in the …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Vatican denounces gender-affirming surgery, gender theory and surrogacy

Al Jazeera

In a new document, the Vatican says these practices are ‘grave violations of human dignity’. “While it lays out a wonderful rationale for why each human being, regardless of condition in life, must be respected, honoured and loved, it does not apply this principle to gender-diverse people,” Francis DeBernardo of New Ways Ministry, which advocates for LGBTQ Catholics, told The …

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9 months, 1 week ago

We will never allow criminalisation of politics: Yogi

Hindustan Times

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said the current government came to power with the resolve to not allow criminalisation of politics in the country and would ensure that those playing with the future of the youth pay a heavy price for it. “The Ram Janmabhoomi movement in 1949 started from Balrampur and today the whole world witnessed …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Zero Discrimination Day 2024: Date, history, significance and theme

Hindustan Times

Kofi Annan once said, “We may have different religions, different languages, different coloured skin, but we all belong to one human race” and we cannot agree more as we try to imbibe this motto and use love as a cure or counter against the rising hatred and discrimination in today's time, before it becomes a disease. Zero Discrimination Day is …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Tags Petition Challenging Criminalisation Of Triple Talaq With Pending Petitions

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Friday tagged a fresh petition challenging the criminalisation of Triple Talaq along with the petitions already pending before the Court on the same issue. Talaq to be void and illegal.—Any pronouncement of talaq by a Muslim husband upon his wife, by words, either spoken or written or in electronic form or in any other manner whatsoever, …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Russian upper house approves bill to confiscate assets of people discrediting army, to become law after Putin's nod

Firstpost

Russia’s upper house on Wednesday unanimously endorsed a bill that would allow authorities to confiscate money, valuables and other assets from people convicted of spreading “deliberately false information” about the country’s military. Having been swiftly approved by the lower house last week, the bill is anticipated to be signed into law by Russian President Vladimir Putin soon. Russian authorities have …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Three New Bills Are a Lesson on How Not to Draft Criminal Laws

The Quint

While revisiting the country’s substantive criminal law, the government would have done well to address this issue and recognised the limitations and utility of criminal laws. Discriminatory practices in the system Mirroring global trends, criminal laws and their enforcement in India has a disproportionate impact on marginalised communities. The enactment of new substantive and procedural laws provided an opportunity to …

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1 year ago

Criminalisation of victims of male violence needs to end – everywhere

Al Jazeera

In the West, we are often told terrible stories about women in the Global South countries being subjected to male violence and then punished afresh by “community leaders” and the courts. They would also know about “honour killings” of women and girls in countries like Albania and Kurdistan for breaking patriarchal rules, such as having sexual relationships outside of marriage. …

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1 year ago

'Rape is rape even if committed by a husband against wife': Gujarat HC

Op India

Amid a series of pleas arguing for the criminalisation of marital rape pending before the Supreme Court, the Gujarat High Court in its recent order observed that rape is rape even if it is committed by a husband against his wife. In its 8th December order, a single-judge bench of Justice Divyesh Joshi highlighted that marital rape is illegal in …

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1 year ago

Saudi Arabia makes 2034 World Cup promise amid LGBTQ+ fears

The Independent

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1 year ago

Old wine, new bottle? Re-criminalising adultery as a gender-neutral offence

The Hindu

Earlier last month, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, examining the three new criminal law Bills set to replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Indian Evidence Act, recommended the criminalisation of adultery but on gender-neutral lines. For the sake of protecting the institution of marriage, this section should be retained in the Sanhita by …

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1 year, 1 month ago

'Disrespected Ambedkar But Roam Around Carrying His Photo': Shah's Salvo At Congress In MP's Shivpuri

ABP News

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that the Congress practises the "4Cs" of corruption, commission, communalism, and criminalisation, and that the party disrespects eminent jurist and social reformer Babasaheb Ambedkar. Addressing a rally in Karera, Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, where elections will be held on November 17, Shah said that if the Congress wins power, it will end welfare …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Kerala high court refuses to suspend conviction of Lakshadweep MP in 2009 attempt to murder case

Hindustan Times

The Kerala high court on Tuesday declined to suspend the conviction of Lakshadweep MP PP Mohammed Faizal in the 2009 attempt to murder case. Faizal and three others had been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for period ranging from one month to 10 years by a sessions court in Kavaratti for attempting to murder Mohammed Salih, the son-in-law of late …

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1 year, 2 months ago

The Act has been passed, now what?

Hindustan Times

In India, September 21 was a red letter day as Parliament passed a momentous legislation allocating 33% of seats ensuring more equal representation for women, in the Lok Sabha or the Lower House, state legislatures and the Capital, Delhi, which is a federally administered territory with an elected assembly. The call for reservations for women in the Lok Sabha and …

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1 year, 3 months ago

CJI says petitions to criminalise marital rape to be listed in mid-October

The Hindu

Chief Justice of India D.Y. “We will list it sometime in mid-October after the Constitution Bench hearings,” Chief Justice Chandrachud addressed senior advocate Indira Jaising and advocate Karuna Nundy, who jointly mentioned the case for urgent listing. “A man is a man; an act is an act; rape is a rape, be it performed by a man the ‘husband’ on …

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1 year, 3 months ago

From Ghana to Guyana, hope mounts in fight against suicide criminalisation

Al Jazeera

Nearly 2,000 people die by suicide every day. The World Health Organization and the International Association for Suicide Prevention mark September 10 as World Suicide Prevention Day, to help end the stigma surrounding suicide. A lot of the countries where attempting suicide is still illegal in civil law are former British colonies, with laws based on outdated British penal legislation. …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Three-judge Bench to Hear Pleas Relating to Criminalisation of Marital Rape: SC

News 18

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that a three-judge bench will hear a batch of petitions pertaining to criminalisation of marital rape after constitution benches conclude hearing some listed pleas. “We have to resolve the matters concerning marital rape,” a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and Manoj Misra said when senior advocate Indira …

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Ex-DGP Ojha, who attacked criminal-politician nexus in Bihar, dies at 82

Fifa accused of ‘astonishing whitewash’ over Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup bid

Marital rape criminalisation to Google antitrust: High profile cases 51st Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna will hear

A CJI For The People: A Look At Battles DY Chandrachud Chose As Chief Justice Of India

WTA chief’s awkward backtrack after defending Saudi Arabia visit

Migrant women call for education and awareness of forced marriage in Australia

Private Members' Bill barring former judges from joining politics, deepfake regulation listed in RS

Juvenile justice and Vimukta children

Vatican denounces gender-affirming surgery, gender theory and surrogacy

We will never allow criminalisation of politics: Yogi

Zero Discrimination Day 2024: Date, history, significance and theme

Supreme Court Tags Petition Challenging Criminalisation Of Triple Talaq With Pending Petitions

Russian upper house approves bill to confiscate assets of people discrediting army, to become law after Putin's nod

The Three New Bills Are a Lesson on How Not to Draft Criminal Laws

Criminalisation of victims of male violence needs to end – everywhere

'Rape is rape even if committed by a husband against wife': Gujarat HC

Saudi Arabia makes 2034 World Cup promise amid LGBTQ+ fears

Old wine, new bottle? Re-criminalising adultery as a gender-neutral offence

'Disrespected Ambedkar But Roam Around Carrying His Photo': Shah's Salvo At Congress In MP's Shivpuri

Kerala high court refuses to suspend conviction of Lakshadweep MP in 2009 attempt to murder case

The Act has been passed, now what?

CJI says petitions to criminalise marital rape to be listed in mid-October

From Ghana to Guyana, hope mounts in fight against suicide criminalisation

Three-judge Bench to Hear Pleas Relating to Criminalisation of Marital Rape: SC