No "Concubine", "Keep", "Dutiful Wife": Supreme Court's New Handbook
Indian courtrooms are to get more politically correct, with Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud launching the 'Handbook On Combating Gender Stereotypes'. Prostitute, hooker, whore, keep, mistress, slut, dutiful wife -- these are among 40-odd words red-flagged by the Supreme Court in the handbook to sensitise judges against inadvertently furthering gender biases by using stereotypical words in court judgments.
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