Section 75 BNS, the sexual harassment provision meant to protect women, is not out of reach merely because the complainant is a transgender person, the Bombay High Court at Nagpur has held, refusing to discharge an Agniveer serving in the Indian Army. Nagpur: A transgender complainant’s identification as a woman cannot be questioned while the […]
A sexual harassment case against a 66-year-old Tumakuru man has been quashed by the Karnataka High Court, which held that an allegation of looking at a woman in an inappropriate manner cannot, by itself, be treated as a demand or request for sexual favours under Section 75(1)(ii) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, once the complainant […]
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The Allahabad High Court today (6th Jan) extended the stay on Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s arrest until January 16, 2025, regarding an FIR based on his social media post about Yati Narsinghanand’s inflammatory speech. Zubair argues his post was a freedom of speech exercise, not inciting violence, amid state claims of misinformation.
