Sexual Harassment

Opinion

Opinion | The menace of sexual assault need not stalk society forever

The easier we make it for victims to break their silence on sexual harassment, the faster will we be able to deal with rape

4 min read18 Dec 2019
Opinion

Opinion | The multiple layers of prejudice that shape our response to rape

A society that seeks revenge instead of justice tends to express an outrage that’s profoundly amoral

4 min read11 Dec 2019
News

Opinion | If not closure, #MeToo movement has given women freedom from fear

There are subtle ways in which gender-based discrimination plays out in the office

3 min read1 Sep 2021
Lounge

Opinion | If not closure, #MeToo movement has given women freedom from fear

There are subtle ways in which gender-based discrimination plays out in the office

3 min read1 Sep 2021
News

Complainant seeks report of in-house panel in CJI case

Complainant says she has the right to see the report, as well as copies of the depositions of any witness(es), any other person or any other evidence considered by the panelSocial activists protest outside SC demanding the report to be shared with the complainant

1 min read8 May 2019
News

Complainant in CJI case withdraws from probe

The complainant withdraws from participating in the panel probing sexual harassment charges against CJI Gogoi, saying its approach had caused her ‘fear, anxiety and trauma’She says post her hearings she was followed by unidentified men on a motorcycle and that she fears for her safety

1 min read1 May 2019
News

SC calls for deeper probe into ‘fixing’ claims in higher judiciary

Lawyer submits evidence supporting claims of conspiracy by ‘disgruntled employees’ against CJI GogoiSC calls in CBI, IB heads and Delhi Police Commissioner to seize the material

2 min read25 Apr 2019
News

Justice Bopde to hold inquiry into sexual harassment case against CJI Gogoi

Justice Bobde says will form a panel by inducting two SC judges – Justice Ramana and Justice Indira BanerjeeA full court meeting of the SC judges took place on Tuesday on the matter of the sexual harassment case against CJI

1 min read24 Apr 2019
News

SC notice to lawyer who claims was offered ₹1.5 crore to ‘frame’ CJI Gogoi

SC asks advocate Utsav Singh Bains to appear before it in person on WednesdayBains had filed an affidavit stating that he knew the chain of events that led to sexual harassment charges against Gogoi

1 min read24 Apr 2019
News

Bar council seeks full court probe into sexual harassment case against CJI Gogoi

Bar council and lawyers association condemn the proceedings held by CJI against the sexual harassment case filed against his own selfBoth the bodies pass resolutions in light of the sexual harassment complaint filed by an ex-employee and junior staff officer of the Chief Justice Gogoi

1 min read22 Apr 2019