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 […]
“In the case of rape, intoxication cannot be an excuse. If a girl is intoxicated, it means mentally she is not capable to give a free and conscious consent” these are the words of Justice Mridula Bhatkar of the Bombay High Court. Justice Bhatkar was hearing the bail applications filed by a Pune resident under […]
In a first, the Hyderabad High Court has created history with three women judges on its rolls, acting Chief Justice of the HC Ramesh Ranganathan announced on Thursday. According to Justice Ramesh, the number of women in judiciary has never gone this high ever since this high court was established. Justice Ramesh announced this during the Republic Day celebrations […]
The percentage of women judges is our High Courts is so low that there are still about 8 high courts that do not have even a single female judge.
