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.
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt appeared for the online hearing. Bhatt has assured the Commission of full cooperation with regard to this matter. "As a father of three girls, I have the highest regard for the cause taken up by Ms. Yogita and the National Commission for Women and express my full cooperation for the crusade," he said.
She has served in various capacities in the state and central governments including as additional director general of foreign trade, Government of India, and as secretary in the public health and finance departments in the Maharashtra government.
NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma wrote to the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police requesting for a strict action against Aazad.
