The Centre has allowed female government employees to nominate their eligible child/children for family pension instead of their husband, a...

Personal laws, such as those related to marriage and divorce, treat women as powerless and in need of protection. Concepts like stridhan an...

"We have accepted the delimitation as reality. To take the constituency reorganisation to a logical conclusion, many things are to be done ...

Adani's profile mentions him as staying out of the public eye, quietly building his empire. On Nundy, it says that she is not just a lawyer...

Insured workers would receive some money for a limited time period if made unemployed, UAE Prime Minister and Vice-President Sheikh Mohamme...

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...

Extra-judicial divorce remains more readily available to Muslim men than to Muslim women, who access it mainly through khula, which require...

Each religious community in India has certain unique practices in family life, from marriage to inheritance and from marital separation to ...

India’s law commission is examining a judgement delivered on the issue of triple talaq by Kerala High Court that explicitly called for legi...

In its 60-page judgement, the court said entire exercise is to alert the state that justice has become elusive to Muslim women and remedy l...

The Law Commission, whose role is purely advisory , has begun consultations on a theme that finds mention in the Directive Principles of th...

The Council, chaired by the Law Minister, usually meets twice a year. Representatives from the Supreme Court, the Bar Council and the Union...

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act does not invalidate marriage of women below 18, the age of consent does not apply to an underage wife, un...

When I hear the heartrending stories of women raped every night, the question foremost in my mind is: what else did this woman endure along...

Demanding stronger rape-shield laws, he suggested limiting what defence can ask the victim about her previous sexual history.

A high-level government panel has suggested that all movable and immovable assets acquired by a married couple or a couple living together ...