by Shashank Pandey | Apr 7, 2021 | Gender Issues, Religion & Law
“Young women want to be free from violence, free to study, to reclaim public spaces, free to marry whom they want, or not marry at all.” Kavita Krishnan in her book Fearless freedom Love Jihad is a term coined by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Kerala. Increasing...
by Anuuj Taandon | Sep 8, 2020 | Criminal Law, Gender Issues
It was in the year 1983 when section 498A IPC was introduced and made a statute with the objective to protect married women from being subjected to cruelty by the husband or his relatives. The provision provides for a punishment which may extend to 3 years and...
by Promita Sinha | Aug 24, 2020 | Criminal Law, Gender Issues
Introduction Since time immemorial, homosexuality has been caught in a mire of societal, legal and moral ethos. The regressive discrimination against homosexuals in several nations has been a matter of grave concern, much contention and detailed discourse. The...
by Neha K. Bind & Mili Sahu | Aug 22, 2020 | Gender Issues, Justice
Introduction The irony of the fact in India is that today society abhors homosexuality while the texts of ancient Indian literature like Vedas, Puranas, the Kama Sutra, and writings of other medieval Urdu poets, provide evidence of same-sex relationships. Also, in a...
by Joyson Sajan | Aug 18, 2020 | Criminal Law, Gender Issues, Justice
The Menace of Revenge Porn “Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.” [1] Revenge pornography ensues when an ex-partner publishes...
by Shivanshu Goswami | Aug 1, 2020 | Criminal Law, Gender Issues
INTRODUCTION It has been quite a time that we have been dealing with this deadly pandemic, which has immured us into the four walls of our homes. Now that we have accepted that, this virus is here to stay for a little longer than we had expected. We have been trying...
