Source:- financialexpress.com The threat to civil liberties in India is very serious but there is also a lot of resistance against this threat in the country, according to one of India’s leading human rights lawyers. “In India, the threat to civil liberties is very, very serious. There is a determined effort to silence those who
Source:- ipleaders.in There are more than 2.18 crore cases pending in district courts across the country. 12 states have more than 5 lakh cases to decide while a little more than one case, on an average, is awaiting conclusion for at least 10 years. Cases for divorce is not an exception. In India, divorce cases
Source:- india.com “We all ache for a home where we feel safe. A home we can roam about without fear. At 3 on a bone-chilling winter morning or at 11 in the night, amid the darkness that grows over the silent streets; a ‘safe’ home is all we ache for.” Yes, we do long for such
Source:- indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today expressed grave concern over farmers’ suicide due to indebtedness and crop failure and said it felt the government was going in a “wrong direction” in tackling the real problem. Asking the Centre to apprise it of the policy roadmap to address the burning issue, a bench headed
What is the current situation of women judges in India? According Lok Sabha data, no more than 10 per cent of judges in the higher courts are women. The number of women enrolling in law courses has seen a rise of 61 per cent in the last four years with an increase in demand for women lawyers, especially in
Source:- greaterkashmir.com The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, to seek from Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi veracity of particulars of a woman who along with her minor son are in detention in a Jammu jail for over four years now. A resident of Musa colony
Source:- lawyersclubindia.com Migration is an ongoing process that never stops; as far as India is concerned, its large number of youths and business fellow citizens are looking for overseas opportunities. The special and technical skills of the Indian youth find them lucrative jobs abroad, and when they moves abroad they witness a different culture, lifestyle
Source:- in.news.yahoo.com With the appointment of Justice Indira Banerjee as the Chief justice of the Madras High Court on Wednesday, four high courts in India are now headed by women. The sex ratio in the Indian judicial system is skewed as it is not representative of the female population of the country, and therefore, this
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court said the Formula One motor racing championship had a permanent establishment in India, making income generated taxable in the country, marking a key victory for the tax department. The decision is seen as having wide implications for foreign companies that do business in the country. The apex
Source – firstpost.com One of the biggest misconceptions around rape is the “other-ing” of both the criminal and the victim — that a “certain” type of man rapes and a “certain” type of woman gets raped (often under “certain” circumstances). The overwhelming complicity of perpetrators in familial positions of power, or those who are known
