Kerala High Court

Although our judicial system has little to no understanding of sexual consent, there is some reason to believe things are taking a turn for the better.

The story of Fathima Beevi, a woman who dared to go beyond the obvious and went on to become India's first female Supreme Court judge.

Helmed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, who is India’s 45th Chief Justice, we look at some of the important cases that will be heard, and hopefully decided in 2018.

“Justice has become elusive to Muslim women and remedy lies in the codification of the law of divorce.”

The year 2015 has been marked by some precedent-setting legal judgements, particularly those that enforce the constitutional rights of women and girls as individuals, wives, single mothers and survivors of sexual crimes. Here are some of those judgements.