August 31, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Satellite Launch

August 31, 2023 By Hemant More

[ad_1] India’s second three-segment multipurpose satellite Insat-1B has successfully blasted off, aboard the space shuttle Challenger from Kennedy Space Centre in the US. The launch generated an atmosphere of joy and careful optimism at the master control facility at Hassan. Most Read 1 Rare super blue moon and Saturn to…

Made in Heaven: An effort to address caste, gender — but it has its flaws

August 25, 2023 By Hemant More

[ad_1] Zoya Akhtar’s Made in Heaven, whose second season premiered on August 10, tackles complex intersections, including the portrayal of a Dalit-Buddhist wedding and trans woman. However, there are legitimate questions raised about the authenticity of the representation particularly concerning caste, gender and sexuality. The critique extends to the casting…

In law universities and beyond, disability education is woefully lacking

August 19, 2023 By Hemant More

[ad_1] In our time at Mission Accessibility, an NGO working to deconstruct accessibility barriers for persons with disabilities (PwD) through sensitisation, capacity building and grievance redressal, we have often been asked why we specifically chose to work on “disability law”. The answer is — we didn’t. And for very good…

Express View on judicial language and gender: More than words

August 18, 2023 By Hemant More

[ad_1] A girl aged 24 years is weak and vulnerable, capable of being exploited in many ways. The Court, exercising parens patriae jurisdiction is concerned with the welfare of a girl of her age… Her marriage being the most important decision in her life, can only be taken with the…

Seema Haider writes to President for Indian citizenship; invokes celebrities, legendary love stories, govt slogans

July 21, 2023 By Hemant More

[ad_1] Bollywood personalities, legendary love stories and government slogans: All this and more were invoked as Pakistan resident Seema Haider on Friday filed a petition before President Droupadi Murmu seeking Indian citizenship following her marriage with Greater Noida-based Sachin Meena. The petition, filed through Supreme Court advocate AP Singh, who…

On run for 14 yrs, man convicted for rape, murder of minor held

July 20, 2023 By Hemant More

[ad_1] Fourteen years after he escaped from prison, the Vadodara Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) on Thursday arrested a man who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the abduction, rape and murder of a minor girl at Silvassa in 2004. Sundarsinh Bhuresinh Rajput, a native of Alamgir village at Auraiya…

Uniform Civil Code: How the BJP, RSS position has changed since Independence

July 20, 2023 By Hemant More

[ad_1] The government on Thursday said in Parliament the Law Commission had initiated fresh consultations on the Uniform Civil Code due to the “relevance and importance” of the subject and various court orders on the matter. On a question about the modalities of the UCC, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal…

MP High Court quashes rape case, says girl at 17 or 18 capable of ‘making conscious decision’

July 19, 2023 By Hemant More

[ad_1] Observing that an adolescent in the age group of 17 or 18 years would be capable of making “conscious decisions regarding his or her well-being”, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed a case of rape against a 30-year-old man. According to the prosecution, the petitioner and prosecutrix [the…

MP High Court quashes rape case, says girl at 17 or 18 capable of ‘making conscious decision’

July 19, 2023 By Hemant More

SC to list marital rape petitions for hearing: What are the issues, arguments involved?

July 19, 2023 By Hemant More

[ad_1] ‘Marital rape’ refers to the act of forcible sexual intercourse by a man with his wife without her consent. While rape is a serious crime in India, marital rape is not illegal. There are four different matters before the Supreme Court related to the subject. (More details on each…

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