Bengaluru, March 27 A group of 15 professional women have filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging the state government's notification granting one day of paid menstrual leave per month to working women.The women, employed in various organizations in the state, filed the...
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"When you work with a director multiple times, you start to understand how they see the world, and you feel secure," says actor Kumud Mishra, explaining why his collaborations with filmmaker Anubhav Sinha are always special.Sinha is one filmmaker for whom Mishra would readily accept any role...
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New Delhi, March 26 Highlighting the "structural exclusion" of female prisoners from open correctional institutions or "open jails," a top official from the Law Commission said on Thursday that equal access to the reform pathway is not a concession but a requirement of sound administration in a...
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New Delhi, March 19 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of unilateral divorce practices within the Muslim community, including Talaq-e-Hasan and Talaq-e-Ahsan, which allow a Muslim man to dissolve a marriage without the wife's...
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Prayagraj, February 23 The Allahabad High Court on Monday observed that the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 neither prohibits interfaith marriages nor bars such couples from living together in a live-in relationship.Justice Vivek Kumar Singh said that...
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New Delhi, February 23 The Congress demanded strict action in the incident in south Delhi, where three women from the Northeast were allegedly subjected to racial slurs and humiliation by their neighbors.Three women from Arunachal Pradesh were allegedly subjected to racial slurs, humiliation...
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New Delhi, February 18 The Delhi High Court said on Wednesday that the Delhi government has no reason whatsoever to not fill the vacant positions of chairperson and members in the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) or to not provide adequate staff there.A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and...
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New Delhi, February 12 Senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, raised concerns about caste discrimination in workplaces on Thursday, citing a recent incident in Odisha where members of a particular community refused to let their children eat...