Supreme Court recalls order allowing minor who had been raped to have abortion

[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Monday recalled its April 22 order allowing a minor who had been raped to have an abortion, reported Live Law.The court issued a new order after the 14-year-old survivor’s parents expressed concerns that she could...

Shades of anger, dreams of freedom and liberation: Remembering the promise of Women’s Day

[ad_1] Throughout my time as an undergraduate student in Delhi University, my peers and I had to guard ourselves from groping hands in crowded buses as we learnt to kick the man trying to rub himself against us. It was...

Uttar Pradesh: Body of teenage rape victim’s father found hanging from a tree in Hamirpur

[ad_1] Days after two teenaged girls allegedly died by suicide after being allegedly gangraped in Kanpur district, the body of the father of one of them was found hanging from a tree near his home in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district...

Has rape become normalised in India?

[ad_1] The true figure is likely to be much higher, as many such crimes go unreported due to fear of reprisal, prevailing stigmas around victims and a lack of faith in police investigations. "We are seeing the worst phase of...