The observation by a nine-judge Constitution bench came while hearing petitions related to discrimination against women at religious places, including the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala
The State could take the initiative and address social evils, but judicial interventions and reliefs depended on the facts and context of each case, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant says
In a lakeside village in Kisumu County, women were forbidden from fishing. Until Rhoda Ongoche Akech defied the stigma.
A majority of manufacturing industries have failed to implement the provision of one day of paid menstrual leave per month for female employees aged 18 to 52
Centre objects to 2018 ruling drawing parallels between the Sabarimala bar on menstruating women and the practice of untouchability; S-G claims India is not as patriarchal or gender-stereotyped as the West understands