Salon. “No, says German scholar Michael Butter: It’s always been with us.”
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Priya Ramani s Acquittal, Female Solidarity and the Rise of a #MeToo Judicial Conscience
A deep dive into a judgment which goes some way in fighting the need to vilify and suspect survivors of sexual harassment.
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Women21/Feb/2021
On October 8, 2018, journalist Priya Ramani shared her story about being sexually harassed in 1993 by BJP leader and minister M.J. Akbar, back in the day when he was editor of
Asian Age. Subsequently, nearly 20 other women also shared accounts of sexual harassment at Akbar’s hands and supported the claim made by her.
On October 18, 2018, Akbar filed a criminal defamation complaint against Ramani. The ensuing trial continued for two and a half years, with several delays in the trial process â the case was transferred on three separate occasions and the accused was compelled to come to court on approximately 20 occasions from Bengaluru to New Delhi for the trial.