The National Commission for Women (NCW) has issued an 11-point recommendation to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor CV Ananda Bose in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a medical student in Durgapur.
The Commission has directed the State Director General of Police (DGP) to take strict action against the culprits and submit an Action Taken Report within three days.
Emphasising that all around there is an ecosystem that is affirmative for women, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar said they are breaking every ceiling and they are in combat positions in defence forces.
The petitioner advocate has said that these guidelines will hold the field, in the interregnum, till the proper legislation is enacted for setting up the National Commission for Men.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala issued notice on a plea by Hasin Jahan, wife of Mohammad Shami, Indian cricket team player and tagged it with other petitions raising the same issue.
The apex court said it will set up a new five-judge constitution bench on the constitutional validity of polygamy and Nikah halala among the Muslims as Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Hemant Gupta who were part of the earlier five-judge bench have since retired.
Delhi Police on Thursday released AAP Gujarat chief Gopal Italia, three hours after he was detained. He was detained in a connection with a video where he was purportedly seen using derogatory language for Prime Minister Narendra Modi
NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma has taken serious cognizance of "this barbaric incident where a woman was raped and brutalized" in Mumbai.
The Helpline is in line with several initiatives taken up by the Ministry of WCD and National Commission for Women giving utmost priority to women’s safety.
According to reports, the woman was raped and her husband held hostage by 17 men when the couple was returning home from a market.
