Rekha Sharma

Don't act on the basis of political vendetta: NCW to police on actor Ketaki Chitale's arrest over Sharad Pawar post

The NCW also observed that in non-cognizable cases the police cannot make an arrest without a warrant but in this case, no warrant was issued

Dausa gang-rape and murder: NCW chairperson to visit crime scene, meet victim's family

NCW has taken suo-motu cognizance of the alleged gang-rape and murder of a woman at a village in the Dausa district of Rajasthan

NCW slams Mamata Banerjee for ‘rape or love affair’ comment over Hanskhali rape-murder victim

Earlier this month, a 14-year-old girl died after she was allegedly gang-raped in West Bengal's Nadia district. The victim's family accused the son of a TMC panchayat leader in the case

Kerala: NCW chairperson meets DGP, discusses women's safety in state

Rekha Sharma spoke about issue of the increase in domestic violence cases resulting from the widespread alcoholism in the state as well as the growing number of cases of POCSO and sexual assault in Kerala

Rajasthan one of most unsafe states for women: National Commission for Women

On 16 March, the Commission had held a meeting with the Rajasthan police on the alarming number of rape cases and crimes against women and girls

NCW writes to Mumbai Police over video of Shweta Tiwari's husband Abhinav Kohli assaulting actor and son

"The commission is perturbed with the sight of the atrocity being committed on a child and to the woman," NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma wrote in a letter to the Mumbai Police.

NCW says compensation not paid to acid attack survivors in 799 of 1,273 cases, demands immediate action from states

The issue was discussed in a virtual meeting by the National Commission for Women with the nodal officers and representatives of the 24 states and Union Territories

NCW chief meets Maharashtra guv Bhagat Singh Koshyari, says 'love jihad cases' rising

Rekha Sharma highlighted the distinction between a consensual inter-faith marriage and love jihad and said that the latter required attention, the National Commission for Women said in a statement

NCW summons BJP leader Ranjeet Srivastava over 'offensive' remarks against Hathras victim

The commission asked Srivastava to appear before it at 11 am on 26 October to give an explanation for his comments

Hathras rape case: BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya tweets video of victim; NCW chief says his action is illegal

Malviya had shared the video, in which the face of the rape victim is clearly visible, on 2 October on Twitter