The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday condemned the Manipur incident after a video of two women being paraded naked on a road by a group of men went viral on social media.
Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani on Thursday informed via Twitter that both the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and National Commission for Women have taken cognizance in the Rajasthan's Jodhpur incident.
The final consultation meeting was attended by the Attorney General of India R Venkataramani, The Additional solicitor general from the supreme courts, state high courts, Vice Chancellors of renowned law universities and legal luminaries and civil society organisation.
"Children cannot be called illegitimate, even if they are born out of non-marital relationships," Sharma said on Wednesday while addressing a seminar, focusing on the various challenges, including legal, health, occupational, and educational, faced by sex workers and their children.
The National Commission for Women (NCW), in collaboration with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), organised a seminar, on Friday, to raise awareness on the pressing issue of anti-human trafficking.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and member of National Commission for Women (NCW) Khushbu Sundar on Sunday slammed the DMK party over its speaker Sivaji Krishnamurthy's alleged remarks on her, saying "Tamil Nadu CM has no guts to speak over the matter".
"The National Commission for Women has taken a suo moto cognizance of the media post captioned 'Telangana: 19-Year-Old Girl Stabbed in Eyes With Screwdriver, Throat Slit, Body Dumped in Water Tank'," read the release issued by NCW.
During the interrogation, the accused also claimed that he tried to dispose of the body fearing that he might be held responsible for her death, police said in a statement.
On Wednesday, Manoj Sane, accused of killing his live-in partner Saraswati Vaidya was arrested by the police for killing his girlfriend and cutting her body into dozens of pieces.
The incident came to light when the victim with the help of another domestic helper managed to make a video in which she requested those watching to help her so that she can be taken back home.