July 2008 Magazine
Mehak Sethi and Jasmine Lovely George from the Lawyers Collective talk to Neelam Katara - a beacon of hope, a mother who fought the system for six long years to bring to justice those who had brutally killed her son Nitish.
Corruption in the Temple of Justice
By Indira Jaising
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Recent Supreme Court Judgements |
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Compiled by Sangita Mulji |
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Speaking for women
Men's groups are increasingly grabbing media attention with baseless allegations of misuse of Section 498A and the PWDVA by women. We publish a news item that appeared in the Times of India on the 26th of June and our response to it.
Sex work law reform– Controversy continues …
The Group of Ministers (GoM) reviewing revised Amendments to the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2006 concluded its deliberations in April 2008. Among other concerns, the GoM was expected to examine if and how the proposed Amendments will affect HIV prevention among sex workers and clients under the National AIDS Control Programme. Despite objections by two Ministers, the GoM failed to suggest any significant changes. Contentious provisions such as criminalizing poverty induced sex work as trafficking and penalty against clients appear to remain intact.
The Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS presented the following letter of protest to the Prime Minister, demanding rejection of the Bill.