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Supreme Court Issues Notice on PIL for Pan-India Guidelines for Women’s Safety

The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Union and States on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA) seeking nationwide safety measures…

Supreme Court Disposes of PIL Seeking Application of POSH Act to Political Parties, Suggests Petitioner Approach Election Commission

On December 9, 2024, the Supreme Court of India disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought the extension of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition,…

Supreme Court Issues Comprehensive Directions for Implementing the POSH Act, 2013

Overview of the Judgment The Supreme Court of India, on December 3, 2024, passed extensive directives to strengthen the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition…

marriage, compromise with accused should not be prescribed as conditions for granting bail to accused in sexual offence :Allahabad high court

Case- Imran V. State of U. P. A single judge Bench of justice Saurabh shyam Shamshery ruled that The Court while granting bail in the cases involving sexual offence against…

In a sexual harassment case, a Goa court acquitted former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal.

Tarun Tejpal, the formerly Tehelka editor-in-chief, was acquitted of all counts of rape and sexual harassment of a subordinate coworker by a Sessions Court in Goa on Friday. Additional Sessions…

Muzaffarpur shelter home case : convict tells his case was handled hurriedly

Muzaffarpur shelter home case convict Brijesh Thakur’s counsel has submitted before the Delhi high court that the court had profaned the right to a free trial as provided beneath the…