The awareness of one's rights and the courage to claim them are the only weapons that can help women in resisting any injustice that is met...

A woman has a right over the grandfather’s property if it has not been devolved or is vested absolutely with her father.

Muslim women like men are permitted to enter mosques for offering 'namaz', the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) told the Suprem...

Here are the laws and circumstances under which a woman can claim money for herself and her children whether she is separated or divorced. ...

Indira Gandhi, had grown up torn between being her tough father's protege and simple mother's protector, revealed Ghose.

All these matters were earlier referred to larger benches for adjudication on important legal issues by separate benches of the apex court.

The court had at the last hearing of the case prevailed upon a Mumbai Parsi trust to allow the two sisters to take part in their father’s l...

If SC decides to make adultery laws gender-neutral, it could affect provisions on bigamy, dowry and rape in the IPC and Domestic Violence A...

She said the procedure under the 1938 personal law was exasperatingly cumbersome, involving a system akin to jury decision.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said that it will have to consider whether the five-judge bench judgement in the triple talaq m...

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar also said if all 'Qazis' can be asked to include this condition at the ti...

The BJP-led Assam govt recently made public a controversial draft population policy under which those with more than 2 children will not be...

Community feels the bitter fight in the public is against the ethos of the Parsi way of doing business.

The same logic was once used by the Puri pandas to keep former PM Indira Gandhi out of the Puri temple although she was a Hindu by birth.

These paintings demand more from the viewer than a gentle appreciating nod. They require you to step away and prod deeper.

Smriti Irani today hit back at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi over his remark that the National Herald case is a "hundred per cent ve...

Maintenance and alimony are subjects of great debate in India. We tell you the basics of what the proceedings entail.