Kerala HC Declares Marital Rape as a Ground for Divorce
Last week, a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court in Mat. Appeal No. 151 of 2015 held that marital rape is a good ground...
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An Oriental and Gender Perspective on Realisation and Creation of Property
AUTHOR: Sayan Dasgupta Any theoretical formulation or analysis of property must at the outset be noted as to what can be a theory of property,...
Gender Implications of Pre-Nuptial Agreements
The sporadic distribution of persons, identity, culture, language has always been a part of the Indic civilization. This heterogeneity implied a myriad of personal laws;...
Marital Rape: A Social and Legal Paradox
Despite 75 years of independence, the social status of women in India still stands in shadows. Grievous crimes and alarming rates of pending cases portray...
Dereliction Of The ‘Other Gender’: Deprivation Of Minor Male Sexual Assault Victims By The ‘Skin-Touch’ Doctrine
COVID-19 has been a fertile spawning field of sexual violence. Where some Courts have been deontological and acknowledging of this phenomenon, certain judgments act as...
THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA NEEDS MORE WOMEN JUDGES
Lokendra Malik, Advocate, Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India has a sanctioned strength of 34 judges including the Chief Justice of India...
RUTH BADER GINSBURG – THANK YOU
By Kanishta Naithani ‘As long as I can do the job full steam, I will be here.’ When we talk about women and their careers,...
Why Denial Of Bail To The Jamia Pregnant Student Is Not Justified?
By Shikhar Gupta A Delhi court recently denied bail for the third time to a Jamia Milia Islamia University’s pregnant student, who has been in...
How To File A Complaint On The Cybercrime Portal
By Sharanya Venkataraghavan With the rise of the popularity of Social Media and Messaging apps such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the abuse of women and...
A New Turn of Page For Women In Indian Army : Latest Supreme Court Judgment Grants Permanent Commissions To Women
By Sharanya Venkataraghavan On 23rd July, 2020, the Defence Ministry of India issued a notification allowing women to be granted permanent commission including ranks, promotions...
Epidemic Diseases Law Ordinance: Ensuring Safety for Corona Warriors
By Shikhar Gupta The central government has recently promulgated the Ordinance to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 (“EDA”) to punish those guilty of attacks on doctors...
Two finger’s test is Unconstitutional & Violative of Right to Privacy
Shikhar Gupta What is Virginity Testing? The society has different ways to detect whether a female is a virgin or not. This differentiates “pure” females...