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How A 3-Year-Old Rape Victim Was Finally Given Justice
Delhi High Court gave a landmark judgement in a 3-year-old minor girl’s rape case by overruling the judgement of Dwarka District Court to acquit the accused. Not only this, Delhi HC also asked the...
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IPC to be Amended to Punish Racial Discrimination
The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Delhi High Court to introduce two new sections which will curb racial discrimination. If the laws are introduced, anyone charged for racial discrimination can...
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Bravo! Delhi HC Allows Permanent Commission for Women in Indian Navy
With a significant judgement, the Delhi High Court has brought some relieving news for women in the defence services. The court has allowed permanent commission for women in the Indian Navy, entitling...
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In an Empowering Judgement, Delhi HC Rules That a Hindu Woman Can Be ‘Karta’...
In a landmark judgement, the Delhi High Court has ruled that the eldest woman in a family can be its ‘Karta’ – a person who manages a joint family and its properties. According to Hindu texts and...
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OPINION: For India’s LGBT Community, Hope Floats on the Curative Petition on...
The LGBT community hopes that the upcoming hearing will be a step towards granting it positive rights in India. In 2009, in a case brought forward by the Naz Foundation, the Delhi High Court had passed...
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Waste Not, Want Not: 14 Ways You Can Reduce Food Waste at Home
Did you know that according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) about 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted every year? One-third of the food that is produced for human consumption is lost...
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TBI Blogs: Delhi HC’s Ruling on DU Photocopy Case Is a Huge Step Forward for...
The Delhi High Court recently rejected the demand of publishers’ to ban coursepacks on the grounds of violation of copyright, thus making educational content more accessible and affordable for...
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TBI Blogs: How One Man’s 4-Month Long Battle to Make Right to Education a...
Three years ago, a group of 22 fifth-graders at the Bab Ul-Uloom School in Seelampur – one of Delhi’s lowest income localities – were assigned a unique project—to devise their own child rights charter....
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How a 7-Year-Old Girl’s Petition to Delhi HC Stopped the Demolition of a...
A 7-year-old girl’s plea to stop the demolition of a 30-year-old children’s park in her neighbourhood by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) provoked a strong response by the Delhi High Court on...
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After Struggling to Find Jobs, Acid Attack Survivors and Transgender Hired by...
In a first-of-its-kind decision, the Delhi High Court hired five acid attack survivors and a transgender person on Wednesday. All of them had faced discrimination and were struggling with finding jobs....
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Delhi High Court Gives 16-Year-Old Foot Artist New Lease of Life With a...
16-year-old Ritik may have had a difficult childhood coping with congenital limb deficiency, but the Class X student’s world is never devoid of colours. The young foot artist, who first started...
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How One Man Ended a Strange Discrimination Against Women Prisoners in Tihar
In 2011 and 2014, the government had proposed semi-open and open jail facilities in Delhi’s Tihar Jail. Prisoners undergoing life imprisonment and those with a record of ‘good conduct’ for at least 12...
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Women Can Now Join the Territorial Army, Thanks to the Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has rejected the Centre’s advertisements which excluded women from being recruited in the Territorial Army (TA). According to PTI, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and...
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Courts and Consent: 4 times Indian Judges Stood By A Woman’s Right To Say No
After allegations were made against Aziz Ansari for aggressive sexual coercion, the internet was divided over whether the act in question was a sexual assault or just a bad date. It exposed those...
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Meet the Determined Man Fighting to Make Air Travel & Airports in India Safer
On May 22, 2010, one of India’s worst aviation disasters took place. An Air India Express flight from Dubai to Mangalore overshot the runway while landing and plunged into the valley before bursting...
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L-G Bound By Advice of Elected Govt: SC’s Big Verdict on Delhi Govt. Vs...
In a decision with significant political ramifications, the Supreme Court today delivered a verdict that has seemingly brought an end to the administrative impasse in the national capital. The...
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Defending Freedom of Press, This Media Baron Challenged The Emergency at...
In a country where the state possesses an inordinate amount of discretionary power over businesses, media proprietors genuinely passionate about journalism find themselves between a rock and a hard...
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Are Beggars Not Citizens? Why Delhi HC’s Decriminalisation of Begging is Long...
In a significant judgement yesterday, the Delhi High Court struck down several provisions of the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act as unconstitutional, thus paving the way for the decriminalisation of...
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This Professor Took On The System to Change How IITs Conducted Their Admissions!
Those who challenge the system or status quo in India and affect real change are often seen as heroes. However, change doesn’t happen overnight, and the struggles that these heroes have to bear—both...
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We Shall Overcome: Supreme Court Judges Croon Melodies For Kerala Flood Relief!
As the Kerala government seeks additional funds from the Centre for relief and rehabilitation following the recent floods, contributions are pouring in from all corners and this time from the highest...
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