Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal ends 9 day fast.
New Delhi, April 22: Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Sunday ended her fast she launched nine days ago after President Ram Nath Kovind approved an ordinance to grant the death penalty to those convicted of raping girls below 12 years.
Maliwal, 33, went on an indefinite hunger strike at Rajghat and refused to break it till such time the government acted seriously against those who sexually assault young girls.
On Sunday, the President promulgated The Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018, which was approved by the cabinet on Saturday.
Maliwal began her fast following the widely condemned rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Jammu and Kashmir in January and similar crimes elsewhere in the country.
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K'taka HC dismisses CT Ravi’s plea seeking quashing of case over remarks against Lakshmi Hebbalkar
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has rejected a petition filed by BJP leader and former minister C.T. Ravi seeking to quash a case registered against him over allegedly derogatory remarks made against Women and Child Development Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar during an Assembly session.
The single-judge bench headed by Justice M. Nagaprasanna, while dismissing the petition, observed that if the alleged comments were indeed made, they would have impacted the dignity of a woman. The court clarified that such remarks do not enjoy immunity under the provisions of the Legislative Assembly.
The bench maintained that protection granted for statements made inside the House does not extend to language that is defamatory or derogatory in nature, especially when it concerns the respect and dignity of an individual.
With this ruling, the case against C.T. Ravi will proceed as per legal procedure.
