The Supreme Court has generated a notice to the Civil Aviation Ministry and Air India on a petition filed by a transgender Shanavi Ponnuswamy pursuing a way to the national bearer to designate her as a cabin crew member. Ponnuswamy is an engineer and underwent a sex change operation. She has worked with worked with Sutherland and Air India Customer Support in
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected the PIL filed by advocates of Democratic Lawyers Forum claiming that certain government officers had violated the conduct rules by meeting the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat during his visit to Jabalpur. HC stated that a citizen, including a government officer, has a right to meet any person of his choice and no
Law Commission chairman Justice BS Chauhan has been proposed with the draft of a ‘progressive uniform civil code’ which provided live-in and homosexual relationships. The draft-code debars discrimination between man, woman or a transgender in a marriage or a partnership in issues such as divorce, adoption, child custody and inheritance. Shikha TiwariI am a law student who is a
The Bombay High Court recently rejected an application stating a victims bad character, filed by an accused convicted under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The HC stated that a woman may be of easy virtue but she has a right to say no. Thus, no bail
