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DOWRY LAW REFORM
Husband gets relief in gruelling cases of section 498A, Dowry Act and SC/ST Act from Supreme Court after 5-year fightFalse 498A: A husband wins false Section 498A, SC/ST Atrocity and dowry case filed by wife for personal vendetta 5 years ago. The wife even...- Citing misuse, PIL in SC seeks review of dowry, domestic violence lawsFollowing the suicide of Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash, a PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court alleging misuse of dowry and domestic vio...
- Bengaluru techie's suicide case spurs Supreme Court to outline alimony guidelines; Here's what it saidThe Supreme Court has introduced an eight-point framework for calculating alimony in divorce cases, addressing fairness and equity while sa...
- Bengaluru techie suicide: Lawyers call for Section 498A to be bailable and gender neutralA Bengaluru techie's suicide sparks calls for reform of Section 498A. Advocate Vikas Pahwa highlights misuse of the anti-dowry harassment l...
- Nitish Kumar calls for public shaming of those flouting prohibitionReiterating that relaxing the ban for visitors from outside was out of question, the Chief Minister claimed his decision to impose prohibit...
- Prohibition won't be relaxed for those coming to Bihar from elsewhere: CM Nitish KumarThe chief minister, who made the state dry in April 2016, made his views known at a gathering in this north Bihar district, which he visite...
- Centre 'relied upon Supreme Court's 2017 ruling to propose 21 as uniform marriage age'In the judgement, the Supreme Court had observed that "law cannot be hidebound and static. It has to evolve and change with the needs of so...
- Dowry a social evil, but change has to come from society, says SC; refers plea to law commissionA bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and A S Bopanna, while disposing of the PIL said, "A dialogue on considering what measures would suppor...
- View: Congress must rediscover its core purpose, replace rhetoric with politics of pro-people actionIt is necessary for such a party to oppose majoritarian politics and the Sangh Parivar, and bring likeminded parties, particularly breakawa...
- Planning triple talaq courts for speedy justice: Ravi Shankar PrasadSpeaking to ET, Prasad said there was such a suggestion and the “government will surely look into having separate magistrate courts” for th...
- Supreme Court seeks response of Centre on PILs against polygamy, nikah halalaA SC bench today said a fresh five-judge constitution bench would be set up to deal with the constitutionality of 'nikah halala' and polyga...
- Model nikahnama to be modified to tamp down on triple talaq: AIMPLBThe All India Muslim Personal Law Board has maintained that it is against the practice of triple talaq, but has also opposed a proposed bil...
- Madhu Kishwar's open letter to PM Modi on how to break the UCC stalemateDumping the Hindu Code will take the wind out of the sails of all those who allege that UCC is a ploy to Hinduise Muslims and Christians, K...
- Government may step in if triple talaq practice not changed: Venkaiah NaiduHe recalled that laws were enacted to rid certain evil practices even in the Hindu society, like child marriage, sati and dowry.
- Alienated by triple talaq, Muslim women see hope in Supreme CourtSupreme Court will hear from tomorrow a clutch of petitions on the issue, that is a tussle between orthodoxy and reform in the community.
- Looking for reform, SC spares man who killed pregnant wife and sonThough the crime could qualify for the rarest-of-the rare criteria for awarding the death penalty, the court took a different view after co...
- No one can change personal law: Khalid Rasheed Firangi MahaliA 2015 study, released by the BMMA that has been working for over a decade for the abolishment of the practice, showed that nearly one in 1...
- December 16 gangrape: NGO says juvenile convict deserves 2nd chanceNGO working for the protection of men's rights in the country today said the juvenile convict in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case deserves a se...
- Government plans to amend anti-dowry harassment lawNow, the offence is non-compoundable and non-bailable which provides for immediate arrest of the accused.
- UNFPA report reviews laws on women, impact on son preferenceLaws to check gender discrimination and son preference in the country are often ineffective and sometimes may advance discriminatory practi...
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