The Delhi government on Tuesday issued directions to the Directorate of Prosecution (DOP) to deploy 33 female prosecutors in the mahila courts within 60 days — a first in the national Capital. read more

The woman, a school topper who had been felicitated by the government, was abducted at a bus stop in Kanina town while she was on the way to a coaching class, police said read more

Kerala MLA PC George withdrew his remark from last week in which he called a Kerala nun a prostitute for accusing a bishop of rape. The nun alleged she was raped 13 times over a period of two years. read more

Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Jalandhar diocese is facing charges of sexually abusing a nun between May 2014 and September 2016. read more

The National Commission for Women (NCW) said it directed the DGP to file a case against law-maker P C George for portraying the victim in bad light by terming her a prostitute. read more

National Commission for Women Chairperson (NCW) Rekha Sharma spoke against the Kerala Independent MLA PC George calling a rape victim nun a prostitute. She said, “I am ashamed of such lawmakers who are giving these statements instead of helping women. NCW has already taken up the matter and we will write to DGP demanding strict action against him.” (HT Correspondent)read more

National Crime Records Bureau figures show that for every married women committing suicide, two married men are committing suicide due to domestic violence and mostly tortured by wife, he said. read more

CPI(M) MLA KP Sasi was last week accused of sexual harassment by a woman. read more

The National Commission for Women (NCW) said on Saturday everybody has the right to raise their demands, but “I do not think there is a need for a men’s commission”. read more

In its consultation paper on ‘Reform of Family Law’ the Law Commission said confessing in itself cannot be a criminal act. read more

The minority commission’s vice-chairperson, who represents Christians on the panel, has written to the Prime Minister and the Union home minister, urging that no action should be taken on the demand to proscribe confessions. read more

National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma also stressed on the need to empower women, “the other 50% of the population”. read more

Trivandrum Archbishop Cardinal Baselios Cleemis said nobody can question the constitutional rights of minorities and tamper with their religious customs. read more

A central agency also needs to do a proper investigation into the increasing incidents of rape and sexual assaults in churches of Kerala, NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma said. read more

The death sentence is neither a short term nor a permanent solution to sexual offences against women. We should reassess its efficacy as a safety mechanism and a solution, rather than celebrate every instance of its imposition. read more