Tag Archives: Abuse
Glivec ruling: Putting patients before profits
Supreme Court’s verdict on Glivec benefits not just millions in India, but across the developing world Anand Grover Novartis’s assertions that the ruling will affect investment or future innovations have been belied time and again, including at the World Health
When consent is key
22 February 2013, New Delhi, Tripti Tandon Non-consensual acts in a commercial context amount to rape: no second opinion about it! ‘When I say I didn’t consent to sex, they say you can’t be raped. But when I say I
Indira Jaising’s TOI article – Blind to what, Your Honour?
Of all the promises made in the Constitution, the most important are the promises of the ‘right to life’, the ‘right to dignity’, the ‘right to personal liberty’ and the ‘right to bodily integrity and health’. However these promises are
Our Comments on the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2012
The Union Cabinet has approved the introduction of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2012. Lawyers Collective welcomes certain changes proposed in the Bill like widening the definition of sexual assault to include non-penile penetration and inclusion of offences like acid
Call to train doctors on domestic violence
A government panel has recommended that domestic violence should not be treated only as a matter of crime but also as a health issue and medical students should be sensitised to deal with it. The panel has suggested that the
HIV+ women face more domestic abuse
A high proportion of HIV positive women report domestic violence than HIV negative women, says a latest study by the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune. Conducted in a tertiary care hospital in Pune on a randomly selected sample of 150
Indian victims of domestic violence in UK to get aid
April 03, 2012 London: Britain has changed immigration rules to ensure that migrant-spouses from India and other non-EU countries who become victims of domestic violence here are given access to public funds to help them escape abuse. Every year, many
Cops harass victims of domestic violence
There have been 35 complaints filed with the State Human Rights Commission against the police by women — victims of domestic abuse — for not entertaining their complaints and another 88 for harassing victims. Domestic violence against women is increasing
