Punjab and Haryana Judicial Academy is organising a two-day national workshop on women’s rights on November 16-17 at Chandigarh Judicial Academy, to be attended by the judges from the Supreme Court.
There would be five working sessions during the workshop which would be chaired by the judges of the Supreme Court, stated an official spokesperson of the department on Thursday. He said that inaugural working session would on the theme — The Disposable Woman: Facing the reality of death before birth, child marriage and obligation to deliver a male child — which would be chaired by the Dr Justice
BS Chauhan, the Supreme Court judge, while the second working session would on the theme — Objections and Abuse: Domestic, Sexual harassment at workplace, sexual abuse and marital woes — to be chaired by Justice Ranjana P Desai, judge Supreme Court. “On Day 2, the first working session would be on Daughters as the sacrificial lambs: Heralding an Attitudinal change, which would be chaired by Justice J Chelameswar, judge Supreme Court, while second working session would be on Waiting in the sidelines: When will women get their due in ancestral property or the property of their husbandIJ which would be chaired by Justice Ranjan Gogai, judge Supreme Court,” he added.