The New York Court of Appeals said in a 4-3 ruling that the trial judge who oversaw Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape case had committed a critical error.
National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Rekha Sharma on September 20 said that the newly-appointed Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is a "threat" to women safety and urged Congress interim Chief Sonia Gandhi to removed Channi from his CM post.
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap was on Thursday questioned by police in a rape case filed against him by an actress for more than eight hours. The film director in his statement denied all the allegations leveled against him and provided proof that he was not in the country at the time of the incident.
Mumbai Police has summoned film director Anurag Kashyap asking him to appear at Versova Police station tomorrow on October 1, at 11 am. The development came after the actress threatened to sit on hunger strike and protest if the action has not been taken.
Mumbai Police has jumped into action in the sexual harassment case against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap. The police will soon call the filmmaker to record his statement in the matter. The actress had recently questioned why the accused has not been arrested even when she has filed a case against him.
After actress Payal Ghosh accused Anurag Kashyap of sexual misconduct, several celebrities from the industry have come forward to support the filmmaker, saying #MeToo movement should not be misused. Today, the actress will file an FIR against the filmmaker accusing him of forcing himself on her in 2014.
Actress Payal Ghosh has come forward and accused director Anurag Kashyap of sexual harassment. Taking to Twitter, the actress claimed that the filmmaker forced himself on her and she has demanded action against him. She tagged PM Narendra Modi in her tweet and urged him to 'take action', saying that her 'security is at risk'.
The MeToo movement that took the world by storm has led to a 14 per cent rise in reporting of sexual crimes during its first three months across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.
A documentary film, "Man Woman #MeToo", is set to decode the #MeToo movement in India that united women to stand up and raise their voice against sexual harassment.
Persons making allegedly defamatory or motivated statements cannot be permitted to indulge in "guerilla warfare" and be the judge in their own case by seeking anonymity and not giving an opportunity to the accused to defend, the Delhi High Court has observed.
The Delhi High Court has sought the response of artist Subodh Gupta on a plea by Google Inc. seeking to vacate orders asking the search engine to remove anonymous posts containing sexual harassment accusations against him that emerged during last year's #MeToo movement.
Anu Malik might be making his TV comeback following #MeToo Movement. Earlier buzz had it that the musician would be returning as a judge in Indian Idol 11 but, there has been no confirmation about the same yet.
Actor Mallika Sherawat says the #MeToo movement has created a space for dialogue on harassment.
Actress Ishita Dutta, who is the sister of Tanushree Dutta and has worked with Ajay Devgn in the film Drishyam.
As much as we want Tanushree Dutta to make a comeback in Bollywood, the actress has no such plans in her mind.
The netizens believe that the jury is doing a disservice to the #MeToo movement by considering Rajkumar Hirani for an award.
Veteran actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Wednesday said behind a successful man's fall is a woman but clarified that he was not making fun of the #MeToo movement.
Tanushree Dutta who was already active on Instagram, made her debut on Twitter.
Rani Mukerji created a stir on social media with Twitterati lambasting the actress for her comment.
Here is the list of controversies that made news in the year 2018.
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