On the lines of alaska court system, we can also establish family law self help centers. In Alaska the center helps in following manner: What is the Family Law Self-Help Center? The Family Law Self-Help Center is a statewi ..
Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 –Empowering Women? Westernisation and globalization have radically changed the face of India. This change is most evident in its effect on the Hindu Joint Family system. Families that would give the saas-bahu se ..
Divorce in India - The Social ImpactBy Raveendran Nambyar Arranged marriages fail some times, may be far and few in India. The arranged marriages do not break up that easy. There are several reasons why arranged marriages do not fail that much. A lot ..
Abortion Laws Must Be Urgently AmendedBy Puneet Bedi :Every time I look at the ultrasound monitor to see the foetus from various angles, mothers read my face to see a twitch or a smile to suggest the baby is normal. Unfortunately their simple questio ..
As part of the continuing judicial reforms process in the country , necessary amendments were effected in the Personal Law Reforms during the Monsoon Session of Parliament in July this year.The Acts which came under the purview of the Amendments inc ..
The comment of Justice A.S. Anand, former Chief Justice of India and Chairman National Human Rights Commission that the acquittal decision in Best Bakery trial by a fast track court as 'miscarriage of justice', is not confined to just that case only, ..
How section 312 of IPC read with the Medical termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 infringe the right to life of the mother?Section 312 of the Indian Penal Code read with the Medical termination of Pregnancy act, 1971 where all the restrictions imposed ..
Several decades ago, urban primary schoolers grew up, through their textbooks, on a staple diet of a "normal" family as one where the father was the one who worked to earn and the mother stayed at home to look after the family - cooking, cl ..
Property Rights and the Indian Woman The development and progress that characterises post-Independence India has also given rise to a breakthrough in the Indian woman's fight for justice and equality. Such hopes were formerly denied to them by relig ..
A couple of years ago, India witnessed a very poignant moment which till then was uncommon in the Indian psyche -- despite the huge foreign troop presence in the neighborhood, the Taliban-sponsored unrest in two countries of the continent and India' ..