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Marriage and Family Law
April 1, 2010

Child custody in the context of foreign court orders

In a matrimonial dispute case involving a child, where the child was removed from his natural environment (the US) by the mother, and brought to India, the Supreme Court of…
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Psyche and Society
January 11, 2010

“Honour” Killings: Look Within The Psyche

The killing in July 2009 of 21-year-old Ved Pal in Singhwal village in Haryana when he had gone, accompanied by policemen, to pick up his wife Sonia, has re-focused attention…
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Law and Psychology
December 1, 2009

Free to choose: Mental retardation and reproductive choice

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India struck down a high court order to terminate the pregnancy of a mentally retarded woman, against her will The recent Supreme…
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Marriage and Family Law
September 1, 2009

Apex court rules anew on cruelty by husband and relatives

The Supreme Court does not just decide individual cases -- it lays down the law of the land. A recent ruling in which the apex court held that kicking a…
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Marriage and Family Law
August 1, 2009

SC flip-flops on irretrievable breakdown of marriage

The Supreme Court has in the past granted divorce based on irretrievable breakdown of marriage, but a recent judgment dismisses it. The law must be settled once and for all,…
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Gender Justice
May 1, 2009

Sexual harassment at defence establishments

If a woman employed in the defence services files sexual harassment charges at the workplace, she is likely to be further harassed by the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against her,…
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Marriage and Family Law
March 1, 2009

Medical expenses and maintenance

In a judgment regarding medical reimbursement to a wife by her husband, the Supreme Court observed that the terms ‘maintenance’ and ‘support’ include means of living, food, clothes, shelter, recreation,…
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Marriage and Family Law
November 1, 2008

Maintenance for wife and children: final and interim

What is the law's position on maintenance for the wife and children, after a divorce? What happens if the courts take years to arrive at a final decision regarding maintenance?…
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Marriage and Family Law
September 1, 2008

The finer points of dowry death

In Baldev Singh versus State of Punjab 2008 (11) SCALE 120, although a demand by the husband for a fair share for his wife in her father’s property did not…
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Psyche and Society
July 5, 2008

Inconvenient Truths

At the heart of psychoanalysis is ‘free association’, a process that makes little distinction between reality and fantasy. It may have little relevance for a criminal investigation. The Arushi murder…
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