Category: Rights

Marriage equality will be a reality in my lifetime: Queer activist Harish Iyer

Bengaluru, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Harish Iyer is one of the most well known LGBTQI activists in India. He was one…

1 year ago

SC has at least ensured queer couples will no longer be harassed: Activist

Kolkata, Oct 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Her journey of transformation from Deb Barua to Debika Barua was not easy. In her own…

1 year ago

Revising public policy on same-sex marriages fraught with risks (Opinion)

Bengaluru, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court announced a 3:2 verdict on the petition seeking marital…

1 year ago

Seabird Naval Base: Fix the injustice done by BJP govt, destitute families appeal to Karnataka CM

Bengaluru, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Noting the discrimination in determining compensation given for the land acquisition process for the expansion of…

1 year ago

Manipur riot victims’ body urges govt for monetary allowance to sustain themselves

Imphal, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) An organisation of Manipur riot victims on Friday urged the state government to provide monetary allowances…

1 year ago

SC orders increase in compensation in cases of death, disablement of persons engaged in manual scavenging

New Delhi, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Friday ordered enhancement of compensation to be paid in cases of…

1 year ago

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind moves SC against increase in cases of mob lynching, particularly by cow vigilante groups

New Delhi, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has moved an application before Supreme Court against alarming increase in the cases…

1 year ago

Calcutta HC expresses concern over POCSO Act conflating sexual abuse with consensual sex among adolescents

Kolkata, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Calcutta High Court has expressed concern over the issues of sexual abuses and consensual sex…

1 year ago

Delhi HC allows woman’s plea seeking termination of 23-week pregnancy after deciding to divorce husband

New Delhi, Oct 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court on Thursday permitted a woman to terminate her 23-week pregnancy, noting…

1 year ago

States and UTs must ensure that district officers appointed under anti-sexual harassment law: SC

New Delhi, Oct 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Women and Child Department in every state and…

1 year ago

Denied wheelchairs, two ill woman passengers slap Rs 20 crore suit against Vistara

Mumbai, Oct 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Aggrieved at being denied wheelchairs after landing, two women passengers with mobility issues, who recently travelled…

1 year ago

Sikh law student’s suit over mandatory oath to monarchy dismissed in Canada

Toronto, Oct 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) A judge in Canada has dismissed a challenge by a Sikh law student, who had sued…

1 year ago

SC notice to Air India over plea for more compensation for Kerala plane crash

New Delhi, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on petitions filed by the affected passengers seeking…

1 year ago

Wife’s poor cooking skills not cruelty, rules Kerala High Court

Kochi, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kerala High Court has held that a wife not preparing food for her husband due…

1 year ago

Delhi HC allows couple to continue with gestational surrogacy despite age bar

New Delhi, Oct 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court has, prima facie, observed that individuals who have already initiated or…

1 year ago

In 3:2 verdict, SC refuses to grant any legal sanction to same-sex marriage (Lead)

New Delhi, Oct 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, on Tuesday refused…

1 year ago

SC recognises right to marry for transgenders in same-sex marriage verdict

New Delhi, Oct 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that a marriage entered into by a transgender person…

1 year ago

Ensure that queer community isn’t discriminated on basis of sexual orientation: SC

New Delhi, October 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre, state governments and union territory administrations to…

1 year ago

SC to deliver its verdict on the issue of same-sex marriage on Tuesday

New Delhi, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict on Tuesday on pleas seeking legal…

1 year ago

Bihar caste census: SC dismisses plea challenging classification of transgenders

New Delhi, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea challenging the decision of the…

1 year ago



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