Here’s your wrap of the news for the week gone by:
Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the petition of former Union minister MJ Akbar challenging a trial court order which had dismissed the criminal defamation case filed by him against journalist Priya Ramani over the allegations of sexual harassment. Ramani was the first woman to accuse Akbar of sexual harassment during the #MeToo campaign. The allegations levelled against him forced him to resign from the Union Cabinet on October 17, 2018. A trial court had earlier acquitted Ramani in the defamation case. All caste-based reservations may go and only those meant for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) may remain, the Supreme Court said on Thursday even as it clarified that it was a radical idea and a policy matter to be decided by the government and Parliament. On the ninth day of hearing on revising the 1992 Mandal case, advocate Shriram P Pingle submitted before a five-judge Constitution Bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan on behalf of SCBC Welfare Association that an endeavour should be made to remove caste-based reservations in a phased manner because the issue was getting politicised. India made a clean sweep of the women's 25m pistol event winning gold, silver and bronze medal in the final at the ISSF World Cup 2021 in New Delhi on Wednesday. Chinki Yadav clinched the gold medal while compatriot Rahi Sarnobat bagged the silver and Manu Bhaker settled for bronze at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in the capital. India continue to lead the medals tally at the shooting World Cup with 19 medals so far - 9 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze. A schoolgirl who had written an Insta post last May, in the wake of #Bois-LockerRoom revelations on social media, about an incident of alleged sexual harassment by an ex-classmate will face trial for abetment to suicide at a juvenile court, where police on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against her and another teen, reports Times of India. Following the social media post, the Class 12 student accused of harassment died by suicide in Gurugram. Both the teens have taken anticipatory bail. The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Indian Army and Indian Navy to consider the grant of the permanent commission for eligible women officers, who were excluded on the ground of fitness standards. The SC has directed the Army to consider the grant of the permanent commission for women officers within a month and allow PC within two months after following the due process. The top court's order is expected to benefit more than 150 women officers in the Indian Army. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Feminism In India: Website: https://www.feminisminindia.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/feminisminindia Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/feminisminindia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feminismini... Telegram: https://t.me/feminisminindia Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cjuLbv
