The Supreme Court has said that a woman convict having three minor children to support could be given a lenient sentence. However, the same will not be extended towards a woman who has committed a crime as a terrorist. The case in question is one in which a woman helped a man rob Rs 27,000 […]

Sexual harassment of women at workplaces inhibits the access to workplaces and economic opportunities for women. The Supreme Court judgement in the Vishakha case (Vishakha & Ors. v. The State of  Rajasthan) resulted in the formation of the Vishakha guidelines that regulated workplace sexual harassment until the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and […]