The Gauhati High Court has ruled that an adult woman’s mental disability or an assessment of her “mental age” cannot, by itself, establish that she lacked the capacity to give…
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a writ petition challenging the use of facial recognition technology and other biometric surveillance mechanisms by the police at protest sites. The plea…
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has withdrawn its recent direction requiring State Bar Councils to prepare panels of women advocates for co-option, shortly after issuing the instruction. The development…
The Supreme Court declined a request to take suo motu cognizance of alleged derogatory remarks made by BJP Rajya Sabha MP Nagendra Roy describing freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose…