Tag: law

McDonald Corp was sued by its workers in Michigan on Tuesday accusing it of allowing sexual harassment at its restaurants nationwide.   A lawsuit was filed...

It has been ten years after the death of a Pune-based RTI activist Satish Shetty in 2009. Shetty was fighting for seeking information through RTI on an ongoing road project in Maharashtra. The case has reached the Supreme Court and achieved a significant point, posted to be heard on November 07. The judge presiding over the matter, Justice B.R. Gavai, recused himself from the case and the hearing was postponed to the second week of December. 

Hazardous AQI in New Delhi; No room is safe, says Supreme Court. Amidst the rising concerns of the level of pollution in the national capital...

Disputed question of facts is not a matter to be entertained before the High Court: In a recent verdict by the Jammu and Kashmir High...

This report is based on various institutions like police, judiciary, prisons and legal aid. According to the report- the number of women in justice and...

In Vitro Fertilization or IVF is one of the trending opportunities for women to become mothers at an older age. It can even help...

A court has directed the police on Tuesday to register an FIR against six members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which probed the case, for allegedly torturing and coercing witnesses to give false statements. The decision came from the court of Judicial Magistrate Prem Sagar. He directed the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Jammu on an application by three witnesses in the case- namely Sachin Sharma, Neeraj Sharma and Sahil Sharma, saying cognizable offences are made out against the six members of the SIT.

Sexual offences on the body of women are prevalent and widespread, across the globe It is not a phenomenon that is unique to a certain geographical location as it occurs across national boundaries. The act of committing sexual offences can be seen as emerging from the prevalent political and social discourse of the society.

After hearing the Ayodhya dispute for almost a month on a day to day basis, the Supreme Court has concluded the 40-day hearing. The...

Earlier this year in April, at a Lok Sabha election campaign rally at Kolar in Karnataka, former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had publically remarked, "Nirav...