Tag Archives: Marriage
6th Monitoring and Evaluation Report- Staying Alive: Evaluating Court Orders
The Sixth M&E Report analyzes the extent of protection against violence for women within the framework of marriage and other domestic relationships. Of the 22,255 Magistrate and Sessions Court Orders received by LCWRI, over a period of 9 months, from
Indira Jaising’s TOI article – Blind to what, Your Honour?
Of all the promises made in the Constitution, the most important are the promises of the ‘right to life’, the ‘right to dignity’, the ‘right to personal liberty’ and the ‘right to bodily integrity and health’. However these promises are
Pre-marital HIV testing is a shortcut to nowhere
The Maharashtra government’s proposal is aimed at shielding women but it could end up adding to their vulnerability. Anand Grover & Mihir Samson Director & Advocacy Officer, Lawyers Collective. THE MAHARASHTRA government is considering a proposal to make HIV test
More opt for D.V. Act
The Domestic Violence (DV) Act which came into existence in 2005, picked up momentum two years later in 2007 in East Godavari. In the last seven years, 1,352 cases were booked, 226 cases settled through a compromise between the complainant
House panel wants NRI marriage registration
The Ministry of Overseas Affairs and the National Commission for Women (NCW) aren’t doing enough to help women deserted by NRI husbands, a parliamentary standing committee has found. In its draft report on NRI marriages, the standing committee on external
Govt goes one step back on divorce laws
Diluting women’s share in marital property in the event of divorce, the government has sought to restrict the provision for `immoveable property’ to residential assets, a move opposed by women’s rights activists. The marriage amendment bill seeks to amend the Hindu
Bill to raise age for consensual sex regressive: Court
A Delhi court has termed a draft law proposed last month to raise the age of consent for sex from 16 years to 18 as “regressive and draconian”. The court said in view of changing social attitude and sensibilities, exceptions
Retaliation by tortured wife cannot be ground for divorce: HC
Giving relief to a married woman who was threatened with divorce by her husband, the Gujarat High Court ruled that retaliation by wife to acts of harassment does not amount to cruelty and the husband cannot be granted divorce on
