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Supreme Court agrees to examine issue of women inmates getting pregnant in West Bengal jails
10 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court agrees to examine issue of women inmates getting pregnant in West Bengal jails

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Monday, February 12, agreed to examine the matter of women inmates getting pregnant in correctional homes and jails across the state of West Bengal. Supreme Court to examine issue of prisoners getting pregnant in Bengal jails An estimated 196 babies were born in different correctional facilities across West Bengal, an advocate submitted at the Calcutta High …

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Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill on how arguments are going down at this Supreme Court.
2 years ago

Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill on how arguments are going down at this Supreme Court.

Slate  

The highest court in the land has ignored the need for standing, the trial record, and of course precedent this past year—and it matters. Host Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Sherrilyn Ifill, former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and a senior fellow at the Ford Foundation. They discuss Sherrilyn’s thought-provoking piece this month in …

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[Maternity Leave] Infant's Claim On Mother's Time As A Fundamental Right May Encroach Upon Her Right To Privacy & Agency: Amicus Tells Delhi HC
2 years, 6 months ago

[Maternity Leave] Infant's Claim On Mother's Time As A Fundamental Right May Encroach Upon Her Right To Privacy & Agency: Amicus Tells Delhi HC

Live Law  

In relation to a four months old toddler's plea seeking enforcement of his right to maternal care, the Amicus Curiae in the matter has told the Delhi High Court that the infant's 'unselfconscious claim' on his mother's time as a fundamental right may encroach upon the her right to privacy and agency.The development came after Advocate Shahrukh Alam, amicus curiae …

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Older Women Pushed Into Prostitution After Covid In South 24 Parganas District?Supreme Court Asks West Bengal Govt To Look Into Reports
2 years, 7 months ago

Older Women Pushed Into Prostitution After Covid In South 24 Parganas District?Supreme Court Asks West Bengal Govt To Look Into Reports

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, asked the State of West Bengal to look into the issue that in South 24 Parganas District of West Bengal, 'women of older age groups' are being forced into prostitution after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gavai was hearing a plea seeking various benefits for sex workers across the country, Amicus Curaie, Mr. Pijush …

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Ministry's Website To Track Missing Children Not Working, Amicus Tells Supreme Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Ministry's Website To Track Missing Children Not Working, Amicus Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The official website developed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Union of India, to help the tracking of missing children is not accessing, the Supreme Court was told on Monday.Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan, appointed as amicus curiae in a matter relating to a missing child, informed the Court that the link of the site "www.trackingmissingchild.gov.in" is not working. …

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Marital rape: Sex worker has right to say no, why not married woman, asks Delhi HC
2 years, 11 months ago

Marital rape: Sex worker has right to say no, why not married woman, asks Delhi HC

Firstpost  

Senior advocate Raj Shekhar Rao, who is appointed as an amicus curiae to assist the court, argued that husband and wife are “two equals before the law” and there is no reason “why husband’s desire to have sex trump the wife’s desire not to” New Delhi: The Centre Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it was considering a “constructive …

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