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Supreme Court to hear plea challenging Peepli Live director Mahmood Farooqui's acquittal in rape case
Fp Staff • 8 years agoSupreme Court will hear a plea by an American woman challenging Delhi High Court's order acquitting Peepli Live co-director Mahmood Farooqui in a rape case
The Harvey Weinsteins of Bollywood — Why women in the film industry don’t speak out
Karishmaupadhyay • 8 years agoIt’s imperative that woke men challenge Bollywood’s hyper masculine bro-code and call out its sexual predators.
Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment row: What we need to get right about 'consent'
Gita Aravamudan • 8 years agoConsent is a complex issue. But it's one we cannot take for granted.
Mahmood Farooqui case: Are there different types of 'no' that survivors of sexual assault use?
Harishiyer • 8 years agoI have spoken to over a lakh-odd survivors in my lifetime, and can state for a fact that there was no 'template' any of them followed in denying their consent
Mahmood Farooqui acquitted: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury's Pink is the best on-screen lesson on consent
Gautam Chintamani • 8 years agoLast year, filmmaker Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s Pink became a milestone of sorts in addressing consent.
Delhi HC's verdict in Mahmood Farooqui rape case is travesty of justice: Hopefully, Supreme Court will overrule order
Raghav Pandey • 8 years agoThe judgment of the Delhi High Court in the case of Mahmood Farooqui versus State, has acquitted Farooqui of all charges.
Mahmood Farooqui acquitted of rape: India urgently needs a Sex Offenders Registry to curb crimes against women
Rashmesehgal • 8 years agoUnion minister Maneka Gandhi pointed out that the listing of names of sexual offenders and placing it in the public domain would definitely act as a deterrent.
Farooqui acquitted in rape case: Delhi High Court's 'shoddy' reasoning of consent is confused and dangerously absurd
Nitika Khaitan • 8 years agoThe High Court's judgment in Mahmood Farooqui rape case reasoning for such a polysemic 'No' is shoddy, confused, and dangerously absurd.
Delhi HC acquits Mahmood Farooqui in rape case, says consent does not merely mean hesitation
• 8 years agoConsent to any sexual advances does not come from a mere hesitation, the Delhi HC on Tuesday said while acquitting filmmaker Mahmood Farooqui in a rape case.
Peepli Live co-director Mahmood Farooqui acquitted in rape case involving US researcher
• 8 years agoThe Delhi High Court on Monday acquitted Mahmood Farooqui, co-director of Bollywood film 'Peepli Live', in a rape case involving a US researcher.