The Rashtriya Janata Dal is an Indian political party,mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Arackaparambil Kurien Antony is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Defence of India from 2006 to 2014,making him the longest serving Defence Minister in India. He previously served as the 6th Chief Minister of Kerala from 1977 to 1978,1995 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2004. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Disciplinary Action Committee of the All India Congress Committee,Congress Working Committee,and member of the Congress Core Group and Central Election Committee.
Madhusudan Devram Mistry is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress.
Ramkrishna Suryabhan Gavai,popularly known as Dadasaheb Gavai,was an Indian politician,social activist,senior leader of the Ambedkarite movement,and founder of the Republican Party of India (Gavai). He was the President of Ambedkar's ideological party Republican Party of India,through this party,he did many works in political and social fields. Gavai also worked with Babasaheb Ambedkar,a polymath. He was the Governor of the three states of Bihar,Sikkim and Kerala,as well as he has served in both houses of the Indian Parliament,the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Gavai was a 30-year member (MLC) of the Maharashtra Legislative Council during which he served on the posts of the chairman,the deputy chairman,and the Opposition leader of the council.
Aruvanpalli Puthiyapurayil Abdullakkutty(born 8 May 1967) is an Indian politician. He was elected as the National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party on 26 September 2020. He has also served as the BJP Vice President of Kerala state. He is also a former member of Lok Sabha from Kannur and former MLA from Kannur constituency of Kerala state.
The 1992 Ajmer scandal was a series of gangrapes and blackmailing in which 250 female students in either schools/colleges aged between 11 and 20 years old were reportedly victims of this crime.
The Suryanelli rape case refers to a case of kidnapping and subsequent rape of a 16-year-old school girl from Suryanelli,Kerala,India,in 1996. The girl was allegedly lured with the promise of marriage on 16 January 1996 and kidnapped. She was allegedly raped by 37 of the 42 accused persons,over a period of 40 days. The remaining had abetted the crime. After P.J. Kurien,the then Union Minister and later Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman belonging to UDF led by Congress party,was named,the issue was politicised,due to a then upcoming general election. Several women's rights activists like K. Ajitha and Suja Susan George,and women's organisations,like NFIW and Anweshi,have taken an interest in the case.
Mullappally Ramachandran is an Indian politician and former president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He is a member of the Indian National Congress,and the son of Congress leader Mullappally Gopalan.
St. Thomas College,Kozhencherry is a government-aided college in Kozhencherry,Kerala state,South India. Established in 1953,it is administered by the Mar Thoma Syrian Church. Juhanon Mar Thoma Metropolitan and K. T. Thomas,Kurumthottickal,the veteran Minister of the Parish of Kozhencherry were involved in founding the college. Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan,the present head of the Mar Thoma Church,is the manager of the college.
Plathottathil Chacko George is an Indian politician representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. George is a seven-time former MLA of the Poonjar constituency in the Kottayam district of Kerala state (1982-87) and (1996-2021). He was in the Kerala Legislative Assembly for 33 years. After the legislative election in 2016,he created his own party named as Kerala Janapaksham (Secular). Formerly,he was the member of political parties like KC,KC(J),KC(M) and KC(S). Prior to the 2024 Indian general election,his party Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) merged with the BJP.
K. C. Venugopal is an Indian politician who is a Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha elected from Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency and former member of parliament in Upper House and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He has been appointed a General Secretary of AICC and in charge of Karnataka on 29 April 2017. Later,he was given additional charge of the general secretary of the organization. He was the Minister of State for Civil Aviation &Ministry of Power in the UPA Government.
P. K. Kunhalikutty is an Indian politician and social worker who is the present Member of Legislative Assembly from Vengara Assembly Constituency in Kerala. He also serves as National General Secretary of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and Deputy Leader of opposition in Kerala Leglative Assembly.
Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) is one type of ad hoc parliamentary committee constituted by the Indian parliament.
The 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder,commonly known as the Nirbhaya case,involved a rape and fatal assault that occurred on 16 December 2012 in Munirka,a neighbourhood in South Delhi. The incident took place when Jyoti Singh,a 22-year-old physiotherapy intern,was beaten,gang-raped,and tortured in a private bus in which she was travelling with her male friend,Avnindra Pratap Pandey. There were six others in the bus,including the driver,all of whom raped the woman and beat her friend. She was rushed to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi for treatment and,as the public outrage mounted,the government had her transferred to Mount Elizabeth Hospital,Singapore eleven days after the assault,where she succumbed to her injuries two days later. The incident generated widespread national and international coverage and was widely condemned,both in India and abroad. Subsequently,public protests against the state and central governments for failing to provide adequate security for women took place in New Delhi,where thousands of protesters clashed with security forces. Similar protests took place in major cities throughout the country. Since Indian law does not allow the press to publish a rape victim's name,the victim was widely known as Nirbhaya,meaning "fearless",and her struggle and death became a symbol of women's resistance to rape around the world.
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act,2013 is an Indian legislation passed by the Lok Sabha on 19 March 2013,and by the Rajya Sabha on 21 March 2013,which provides for amendment of Indian Penal Code,Indian Evidence Act,and Code of Criminal Procedure,1973 on laws related to sexual offences. The Bill received Presidential assent on 2 April 2013 and was deemed to be effective from 3 February 2013. It was originally an Ordinance promulgated by the President of India,Pranab Mukherjee,on 3 February 2013,in light of the protests in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case.
Manjula Chellur is a former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. She was the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court,was the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and the first female judge of the Karnataka High Court. She demitted her office upon attaining the age of superannuation on 4 December 2017.
P. Rajeeve is an Indian politician,who currently serves as the Minister for Industries,Law and Coir in the Government of Kerala. He represents Kalamassery constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Juvenile Justice Act,2015 has been passed by Parliament of India amidst intense controversy,debate,and protest on many of its provisions by Child Rights fraternity. It replaced the Indian juvenile delinquency law,Juvenile Justice Act,2000,and allows for juveniles in conflict with Law in the age group of 16–18,involved in Heinous Offences,to be tried as adults. The Act also sought to create a universally accessible adoption law for India,overtaking the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (1956) and the Guardians and Wards Act (1890),though not replacing them. The Act came into force from 15 January 2016.
The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election. Elections,all across India,were conducted in seven phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 by the Election Commission of India. Counting started officially on the morning of 23 May 2019 and the results were declared on the same day.
V. Sivadasan is an Indian Marxist politician from Kerala state belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and a Rajya Sabha member from Kerala. He was also the Independent Director of Kerala State Electricity Board.
