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Despite getting Rs 20 lakh alimony in divorce settlement, wife continues criminal cases against husband, in-laws; HC quashes case as abuse of processA woman received Rs 20 lakh in permanent alimony as part of a divorce settlement. Despite agreeing to withdraw all cases, she continued cri...
Bengaluru, India's IT capital, has highest dowry-related cases among metro cities: NCRB reportBengaluru leads metropolitan cities in dowry-related cases with 878 incidents reported in 2024, accounting for 87% of metro cases. Delhi, h...
Gangster Queens: Inside the rise of women in organised crimeYoung, educated women are increasingly taking central roles in criminal networks across India's National Capital Region and beyond. These w...
She was married off at 10, education discontinued. Today, she's a national level powerlifterFacing poverty and early marriage under Rajasthan's 'Aata-Saata' custom, Durga Kumawat's life was upended at ten. After caring for her aili...
Supreme Court issues notices to Centre, 12 states on PIL by Christian body against anti-conversion lawsThe Supreme Court has asked the Centre and twelve states to respond to a new petition challenging their anti-conversion laws. The National ...
Rajasthan, Assam, Andhra Pradesh oppose same-sex marriage lawAssam, Andhra Pradesh, and Rajasthan have opposed the legalisation of same-sex marriages in India, citing concerns about imbalanced social ...
Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh & Assam opposing legal validation for same-sex marriage: Centre tells Supreme CourtThe Centre had, in an affidavit filed in the apex court earlier, said it had issued a letter on April 18 to all states inviting comments an...
Bride beaten by in-laws after 'failed virginity test', khap asks her family to pay Rs 10 lakhAccording to the police FIR, the woman has alleged that she was made to undergo the "test" on the first day of her marriage on May 11. In h...
Will raising the marriageable age for women to 21 improve gender outcomes?National health survey indicates the urgent need for lowering maternal and infant mortality rates, as well as for promoting responsible and...
Decision to repeal three farm laws is step in positive direction: Rajasthan GovernmentPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced repeal of the three agri laws and also apologised to the people over his government not be...
PIL filed against new Rajasthan marriage lawKriti Bharti, rehabilitation psychologist and managing director of Saarthi Trust, which filed the PIL, said Rajasthan, already infamous for...
NCPCR says Rajasthan law legitimises child marriages, asks CM Ashok Gehlot to review itIn its letter, the child rights body said Section 8 of the amendment Bill provides for registration of child marriages through marriage reg...
Marriages (Amendment) Bill: New Rajasthan law triggers political storm, activists blame govt for bowing to caste groupsThe Gehlot government has put forward a four-page clarification saying the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill ...
Opposition BJP walks out of Rajasthan Assembly over bill, claims it legitimises child marriagesDefending the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the House, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dha...
View: Irony of ironies - Indian ‘love jihad’ laws are modelled on Islamic lawsAround two dozen countries don’t have a provision for civil marriage between individuals of different religious faiths. Almost all these co...
SC seeks Centre's reply on plea for transfer of PILs on uniform marriage age from Delhi, Rajasthan High CourtsThe Delhi High Court had in August, 2019 issued notice to the Centre and the Law Commission of India on BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadh...
‘Love jihad' a term coined by BJP to disturb communal harmony: Ashok Gehlot"Jihad has no place in love. They are creating an environment in the nation where consenting adults would be at the mercy of state power. M...
Muslim women’s body seeks family lawThe women's organisation stated that issues such as polygamy, halala and age of marriage still remained “unsolved”
16-year-old girl gets her marriage annulled in UdaipurThe young bride, who faced harassment at her in-laws place, was deserted by her husband when he came to know that she suffered from AIDS.
National plan soon to prevent child marriages: GovtA National Action Plan is being prepared to prevent child marriages, Women and Child Development Minister of Krishna Tirath said.