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Law and Society
May 2, 2007

Morality Play

In India, a programme or channel that 'offends good taste and decency, contains criticism of friendly countries, contains obscene, deliberate, false and suggestive innuendoes or denigrates women' can be banned.…
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Marriage and Family Law
April 1, 2007

Defining mental cruelty

In a recent judgment the Supreme Court attempted to clarify the concept of 'mental cruelty' in matrimonial law. Do these conditions and definitions work in a country like India with…
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Marriage and Family Law
February 1, 2007

A setback for the battle against dowry

A recent Supreme Court judgment stating that money demanded on account of financial stringency or to meet urgent domestic expenses does not constitute dowry has serious repercussions for ongoing and…
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Law and Society
February 1, 2007

The limits of judicial activism

Today, everything from river pollution to the selection of the cricket team has become the purview of judicial activism. Is it time to put the genie back in the bottle…
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Psyche and Society
January 15, 2007

Nithari’s Trauma

The villagers of Nithari stare fixedly at the drain from which the bones of the disappeared children are being excavated. The incident itself is too horrific for the reality to…
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Gender Justice
January 6, 2007

Women with Multiple Sex Partners in Commercial Context

The proposed amendments to the "immoral traffic" legislation are likely to drive sex work underground. The need is to separate consensual sex work by adults from the entry of minors…
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Psyche and Society
November 25, 2006

Probe the Unconscious

Kimveer Gill, a Canadian youth of Sikh origin, went on a shooting spree on September 13 at the Montreal College in Canada. Gill entered the second-floor cafeteria and opened fire…
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Marriage and Family Law
November 1, 2006

Model Law

Laws drafted in dusty government offices are often vague and full of loopholes. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 is a clear and concise piece of legislation…
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Marriage and Family Law
November 1, 2006

Children of void marriages and inheritance rights

What is the status and rights of children from marriages that are declared null and void? Can they legally inherit property? The issue of women’s rights to property under Hindu…
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Human Rights
November 1, 2006

Playing God: The arbitrary nature of capital punishment

The Supreme Court has stated that the death penalty is to be awarded only in the rarest case of exceptional depravity and brutality. But human judgement, as several recent court…
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