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The court said that Alka Lamba, with numerous other protestors, can be seen lying on the road/public way for quite a while obstructing it.

Delhi court orders charges against congress leader Alka Lamba over Jantar Mantar protest

December 21, 2025 10:40 am

ACJM Ashwani Panwar said that the act of Lamba clearly showed that the police officials were obstructed in performing their duties, were pushed before jumping the barricades during the protest, showing use of criminal force and assault.

Senior advocate Shobha Gupta and advocate Charu Mathur, were at the forefront of the legal fight in the Supreme Court for the petitioners, Yogamaya and Shehla Chaudhary, respectively.

Supreme Court reserves 30% seats for women in bar councils: Lawyers call it giant leap for gender equality

December 08, 2025 7:13 pm

Senior advocate Shobha Gupta and advocate Charu Mathur, were at the forefront of the legal fight for the petitioners, Yogamaya and Shehla Chaudhary, respectively.

Last year, the court had directed reservation of seats for women in the Delhi High Court Bar Association elections.

Lawyer seeks 30% seats for female candidates in 2026 Bar Council of Delhi polls, moves Supreme Court

November 28, 2025 11:50 am

Delhi bar association women quota, women reservation BCD 2026: Advocate Vani Singhal has sought to intervene in Fozia Rehman v. Bar council of Delhi in which reservation was sought for women advocates in posts of office bearers in the Delhi High Court Bar Association.

MP cabinet raises quota for women in state govt jobs by 2 per cent to 35 per cent

MP cabinet raises quota for women in state govt jobs to 35%

November 07, 2024 7:37 pm

The cabinet has cleared a proposal to raise the women's quota in state government jobs to 35 per cent from 33 per cent now, Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla told reporters after the meeting.

Census department officials taking a count of the homeless people in Chandigarh as part of the 2011 exercise. (Express Photo)

How exactly is the Census carried out, its links to delimitation, women's Parliament quota

October 29, 2024 8:17 pm

The Centre seems to have deliberately delayed the Census to ensure that delimitation is carried out immediately after it. However, a Census completed by 2026, or earlier, might not allow for an immediate delimitation.

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Uttarakhand to give 33% reservation to women in cooperative institutions

July 06, 2024 8:33 pm

The decision was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired here recently by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and will end the monopoly of men in cooperative institutions, an official release said.

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Younger, more educated and better gender ratio in 17th Lok Sabha

February 12, 2024 7:30 am

Around 716 women candidates contested 2019 polls, of which 78 were elected.

HC refuses to entertain PIL seeking implementation of women’s reservation law

December 18, 2023 6:37 pm

A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna said the issue is pending before the Supreme Court and the apex court is already seized of it.

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Hugh and Colleen Gantzer write: Women's Bill, through our travels

October 05, 2023 10:32 am

We learnt that women's empowerment is inevitable, and won't be denied

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The 360° UPSC Debate | How effective is the Women's Reservation Bill?

October 05, 2023 11:37 am

On September 19, 2023, the One Hundred Twenty-Eighth Amendment Bill, 2023, was introduced in the Lok Sabha. The proposed legislation seeks to reserve 33 percent of all seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies for women. Although historic, the implementation of the law is viewed from different perspectives, sparking a debate about the efficacy of the Women's Reservation Bill.