Abstract Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 invalidates a second marriage, while the first is still in subsistence and Section 11 declares it null and void. Section 494 of IPC makes bigamy a punishable offense. Second wives are chained to social stigmas and are...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
