The court's comments highlight how marriages -- with the sanction of courts and law -- uphold and entrench gendered divisions of labor.

The judge's comment is the latest example of India's fascination with the Manusmriti and the exclusionary laws it prescribes.

As a judge critical of the police in the 2020 Delhi riots case is transferred, we look at how the pattern undermines judicial independence.

The judge appointed an LGBTQ+ counselor to help him understand and mediate a dispute between a couple and their families.

The woman says the judge's reaction made her "deeply regret pursuing [her] complaint in the vain hope of getting justice.”

Attacks on oppressed-caste women and children have increased by 15% over the last three years, the panel noted.

The apex court issued sensitivity guidelines to curb court rulings that promote "stereotypical and patriarchal notions about women."

"As an institution whose decision shapes and impacts everyday lives of Indians, we must do better," the Supreme Court judge said.

“It stopped being sacred the day a sitting chief justice of this country was accused of sexual harassment, presided over his own trial, [and] cleared himself."

The ruling comes in a case wherein a male police constable was fired for "moral turpitude" for having a female colleague in his home.

The analysis highlights how the judiciary fails to reflect the population passing through the justice system.