The comment of Justice A.S. Anand, former Chief Justice of India and Chairman National Human Rights Commission that the acquittal decision in Best Bakery trial by a fast track court as 'miscarriage of justice', is not confined to just that case only, ..
How section 312 of IPC read with the Medical termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 infringe the right to life of the mother?Section 312 of the Indian Penal Code read with the Medical termination of Pregnancy act, 1971 where all the restrictions imposed ..
Several decades ago, urban primary schoolers grew up, through their textbooks, on a staple diet of a "normal" family as one where the father was the one who worked to earn and the mother stayed at home to look after the family - cooking, cl ..
Property Rights and the Indian Woman The development and progress that characterises post-Independence India has also given rise to a breakthrough in the Indian woman's fight for justice and equality. Such hopes were formerly denied to them by relig ..
A couple of years ago, India witnessed a very poignant moment which till then was uncommon in the Indian psyche -- despite the huge foreign troop presence in the neighborhood, the Taliban-sponsored unrest in two countries of the continent and India' ..
Hindu wife cannot adopt, rules SC Bhadra Sinha, Hindustan TimesNew Delhi, January 16, 2008: A Hindu woman canno ..
No Interim Maintenance under 125 CrPC if case under HMA pendingPREVENT INTERIM MAINTENANCE UNDER 125 CRPC IF CASE ONGOING IN HMAOctober 9th, 2008 by MyNationChand Dhawan Vs Jawaharlal Dhawan [ SC ]SMT. CHAND DHAWANVs.JAWAHARLAL DHAWAN [1993] RD-SC 30 ..
Marriage is a very solemn and serious chapter on any person's life. However, due to personal reasons, a couple may decide to call everything off and file a divorce. Divorce, or dissolution, as it is increasingly becoming known, is a process that lega ..
Remedies Available Following Claim Of Fifth Amendment Privilege In DivorceBy Sarah Jost Nielsen, published in The Advocate, The Kentucky Justice Association, 2008, Volume 36, Number 2.The constitutional privilege against self-incrimination under the ..
CRISP stands for "CHILDREN’S RIGHTS INITIATIVE FOR SHARED PARENTING." The concept was envisaged on account of the biased, one-sided laws in the society which treats a father as a CRIMINAL and a HOOLIGAN who is a misfit when it comes t ..