We oppose dilution of Section 498A”, “Violence is not a trivial issue” were slogans heard loud and clear at the Supreme Court of India on the morning of 31st July, 2017. A group of women’s organisations gathered to register their protest against the regressive judgment of Rajesh Sharma & Ors. v. State of UP and Anr. passed by Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Uday Lalit on 27th July, 2017, diluting the provisions given under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. The judgment relied upon a baseless assumption that a large number of cases filed under this Section are false and frivolous.
Joint Demonstration-Can there be Justice in cases of sexual Harassment in Campuses & workplaces -STOP - the attack on autonomous GSCASH.
Our country is facing a dangerous situation. Prices of fuel and food are soaring; unemployment is at an all-time high; workers, farmers, common people are all suffering. To divert attention away…
All India Democratic Women’s Association observed Dussehra today by burning the effigy of the so-called (religious) babas, who violate women behind the fig-leaf of religion and the anti-women VC of…
The All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) condemns the brutal police violence perpetrated on all students, majority of which are girls, by the authorities of the Banaras Hindu University…
Dozens of children at the ward no. 100 of BRD Medical College hospital, Gorakhpur met their tragic death during the fatefull night of August 10-11 this year. This was not merely an accident. It was…
