Law intern case: Original petitioners in Vishaka case approach SC

The petition filed by the woman lawyer seeks the establishment of a ‘permanent mechanism’ to look into complaints against judicial officers New Delhi: The four original petitioners in the Supreme Court’s landmark Vishaka judgment have asked the court to include them in the ongoing sexual harassment case filed by a woman lawyer against a former Supreme Court judge. The judge, who has obtained a Delhi … Continue reading Law intern case: Original petitioners in Vishaka case approach SC

Lawyer, judge and aam aadmi – Kalpana Kannabiran

Unless the legal profession and courts, largely comprised of men, restructure themselves, they will continue to present hostile environments to women. Even while ruling that sexual harassment is an infringement of the constitutional right to dignity, the justice pyramid stood apart as an exception to this standard First it was Rupan Bajaj from Punjab, then a woman officer in Kerala; and we learnt that senior … Continue reading Lawyer, judge and aam aadmi – Kalpana Kannabiran