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The writer is a women�??s rights lawyer

Justice Rohinton Nariman, who wrote the main judgment, invalidated triple talaq mainly on the ground that it violated Article 14, which offers equality before law and equal opportunities before law.

Darul Qaza row: A storm in a teacup

The court clarified that fatwas are not verdicts but merely opinions, and that no one was bound by them.

1 Aug 2018 2:10 AM GMT

The decision to rebuild the shrine came forth last year from people of both countries when Rameswaram fishermen visit the islet for the annual festival at St. Antonys church.

India's Church: Mired in controversies

The latest in this series is the complaint filed by a senior nun a few days ago the Bishop of Jalandhar raped her 13...

20 July 2018 2:35 AM GMT

Gay rights activists hold placards during a protest against a Supreme Court verdict that upheld section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalizes homosexuality, in New Delhi recently (Photo: AP)

Section 377 needs to go: A Victorian relic' has no place in today's...

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code criminalises homosexuality and prescribes a life term in jail for gay sex.

12 July 2018 2:22 AM GMT

Anita Gets Bail by Arun Shourie HarperCollins, Rs 699

A scoreboard of judicial accountability

This is an apt comment as Shourie's book does precisely this.

30 Jun 2018 10:19 PM GMT

Protests against the Kathua rape case in Srinagar. (Photo: PTI/File)

From violators to protectors: Role of police is changing in some rape...

It is in the context that I find the need to narrate this horrific incident of gangrape in Mumbai, which is known as the...

9 May 2018 8:03 PM GMT

The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved for tightening the law against people involved in rape, following the public outcry over cases of sexual assault and murder of minors in Kathua and Surat and the rape of a girl in Unnao.

Death penalty for child abuse more harmful

The Kathua rape is not the norm; most cases of child abuse take place within our homes and in our neighbourhoods.

22 April 2018 9:19 PM GMT

The Odisha police has decided to impose blanket ban on marriage processions on some main routes in Odisha capital from February 1 to ensure free movement of ambulances to hospital and journey of train passengers and air-travellers to railway stations and airports.

Is Hindu society ready for pre-nups?

Introducing the notion of pre-nuptial agreements will transform the sacramental Hindu marriage into a purely contractual...

31 March 2018 1:27 AM GMT

woman, who had lost at least 4 teeth in domestic violence and was bleeding in the mouth, was pinned down by the cops on security duty. (Representational image)

The narrative of misuse and ground reality of victims

A parallel narrative has gained credence that women misuse stringent provisions and implicate innocent men.

8 March 2018 1:38 AM GMT

The Law Commission of India in its 237th report recommended the Centre to make Part 1 of the Section 506 of IPC as compoundable offence.

Adultery law deeply flawed, must be dumped

The judicial discourse around this issue, so far, has also been problematic.

16 Feb 2018 7:02 PM GMT

The lawyers defending the right of the couple claim that it was a victory of sorts since that day all they wanted was to secure Hadiyas freedom to end her house arrest in her parental home.

Autonomy and freedom versus indoctrination

A wife is not a chattel and that she is an individual entitled to her own status in society.

7 Dec 2017 1:27 AM GMT

The top court said triple talaq was against the basic tenets of Islam.

Criminalising triple talaq: Will it liberate women?

It will just be another gimmick to fuel anti-Muslim sentiments in society.

24 Nov 2017 6:45 PM GMT

As women from various other fields joined the global trend of #Metoo outpourings centred around their victimhood and the debate spread beyond the narrow confines of the academic world.

Feminism's discontents: The ways to justice

Feminism has not progressed in a linear mould and there are multiple ways of protest which victims may choose.

5 Nov 2017 7:32 PM GMT