Sexual harassment: Supreme Court moves on law graduate`s plea

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 09:06

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a law graduate`s plea to put in place a permanent mechanism to attend to the complaints of sexual harassment by both sitting and former judges at all levels of judiciary, including the apex court.

Crucial hearing on intern`s plea against Swatanter Kumar in SC

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 20:45

Supreme Court will on Wednesday take up the plea of a former law intern seeking inquiry against its former judge Justice Swatanter Kumar.

NUJS to have policy against sexual harassment of interns

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 12:39

Hit by successive complaints by two of its ex-students about sexual harassment during internship, the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences said they were giving final touches to a policy to handle such cases.

Sexual harassment: Supreme Court to hear law intern`s plea on Jan 15

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 11:35

A law intern, who has accused former Supreme Court judge Justice Swatanter Kumar of sexual harassment, moved the Supreme Court seeking inquiry in the case.

Crime against women shows increase in Bihar

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 12:30

Latest crime figures collected from the state police headquarters reveal that a total of 10,898 cases of crime against women were registered in the state last year till November.

NGOs demand separate ministry, panel to protect men`s rights

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 11:34

A forum of NGOs working for men`s rights has demanded that the party forming government after the Lok Sabha polls create a separate ministry and a national commission for the protection of men`s rights in the wake of "misuse" of dowry laws and registration of "false" sexual harassment cases.

Intern`s allegation against judge gets more support

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 19:59

Facing an intern`s allegation that he had sexually harassed her, former Supreme Court judge Swatanter Kumar made no comments on Saturday despite repeated attempts by the media to get his reaction.

No confidence in VC, seek CJI`s intervention: NUJS alumni

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 18:52

The development comes at a time when there are reports of yet another former student of the university writing to the CJI alleging sexual harassment by a former judge of the Supreme Court.

Ex-SC judge rubbishes law intern`s sexual harassment allegations

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 11:05

A former Supreme Court judge on Saturday denied the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by a law intern.

Another law intern accuses ex-Supreme Court judge of sexually harassing her

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 22:07

Another former Supreme Court judge has been accused of sexual harassment by a law intern, who worked with him in 2011, a leading news channel reported on Friday.

Harassed by molesters, woman attempts suicide in Bengal

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 16:47

Continuously threatened and harassed for lodging police complaint against her molesters, 20-year-old woman is battling for life after attempting suicide in West Bengal`s North 24 Parganas district.

Ganguly`s resignation hurts Somnath Chatterjee, TMC welcomes

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 18:34

Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Tuesday said that Justice AK Ganguly, accused of sexually harassing a law intern, had to resign as chief of the WBHRC `without proof or investigation`.