A landmark ruling by the apex court brings internal injuries caused by this violence within the ambit of disability law—a ...

Kolkata: Sunita Dutta was a teen when a local youth hurled acid on her 16 years ago. While the 6-year treatment, including 25 surgeries, was tough to endure, the trauma of the attack was equally ...

Shaheen Malik, an acid-attack survivor and disability rights activist in India, is fighting an uphill legal and social battle to secure justice and rehabilitation for others like her - and says she ...

Shaheen Malik lost her own legal battle for justice for an acid attack. This week she won a landmark Supreme Court ruling ...

The order came in a petition filed by Shaheen Malik, who herself was a survivor and had flagged a gap in law that was leaving ...

A series of acid attacks in London left five men injured over a 70-minute period Friday. One victim is considered to have life-changing facial injuries. Acid attacks are on the rise in London, with ...

Editor's Note: Warning that this article contains graphic images that may be disturbing to some readers. Just minutes after his body caught aflame, Terry McCarty realized the true extent of his burns, ...

Supreme Court Expands Disability Definition to Include Acid Attack Survivors with Internal Injuries and Forced Acid Ingestion ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Serious burn injuries can have devastating and long-term effects on a person's life. Burn survivors and their families are often focused on medical treatment ...