Topic: Sexual Harrasment
“Fuck off is sexually coloured remark, American vulgar slang: Delhi Court in sexual harassment case
A Delhi Court recently upheld sexual harassment charges against a man who had allegedly threatened a woman in 2019 and also used abusive language against her, observing that the word "fuck off" is a "sexually coloured remark.”
Assam records highest rate of crime against women for 5th consecutive year
Assam has become the state with the highest rate of crime against women in India for the 5th consecutive year, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) figures for 2021 .
Crime against women rose by 15.3% in 2021 in India, Delhi most unsafe
Crime against women rose by 15.3 per cent in 2021 from the previous year, according to latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
“Woman was wearing sexually provocative dresses,” Kerala court says in bail order to sexual harassment accused
Granting anticipatory bail to social activist Civic Chandran in a sexual harassment case, a district sessions court in Kozhikode observed that the offence under Section 354 (A) (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code would prima facie not be attracted when the survivor woman was wearing "sexually provocative dresses."
Reports of sexual violence in Ukraine rising fast
Allegations of sexual violence by Russian troops in Ukraine are mounting, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday, expressing regret over...
Kerala: 60 former students accuse CPIM councillor of sexual abuse, accused absconding
At least 60 former students of St. Gemma’s Girls Higher Secondary School in Kerala's Malappuram district accused a CPI(M) councillor of the Malappuram municipality and a retired teacher of sexually abusing them for many years when he was their teacher at the school.
