By पूनम पांडे
महिला अधिकारों की जब बात उठती है तो महिलाएं क्या मांगती हैं? जाहिर है बराबरी का अधिकार। लेकिन अगर बराबरी की मांग करते-करते कोई खुद शोषणकारी की तरह बर्ताव करने लगे तो…. कम से कम कुछ मामलों में तो यही हो रहा है। इसमें कोई दो राय नहीं है [...]
The decision to declare assets is a big victory. Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan tells SHOMA CHAUDHURY what else is rotting in our judiciary
In public interest Prashant Bhushan has championed the fight for judicial accountability
Photo: SHAILENDRA PANDEY
It’s great judges have agreed to [...]
Day in and Day out, we get to hear so many cases of the women-centric laws being misused. Be it the 498A or the PWDVA (Commonly known as the DV Act), everyone around alleges that these laws are being misused by the legal terrorists to terrorize their husbands and their families and using [...]
The results of recent Lok Sabha elections have driven home the very disturbing fact that politics in India is fast becoming a family business. If this trend continues, as indeed it will unless major changes are made, India will soon find itself being ruled “democratically” by just over a thousand families who will [...]
A clear constitutional definition is overdue to save our secular quintessence, writes Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer
The Constitution of India is a long, legal parchment—solemn, sublime and secular—enacted in substantial fulfillment of the ethos and aspirations of the people of India. This ‘Supreme Deed’ of independent India, bears true faith [...]
Mohammed Amir Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving member of the terrorist squad that struck at multiple locations in Mumbai last November, made a plea to retract his confession on the first day of the trial here on Friday.
Defence lawyer SG Abbas Kazmi while filing the application on Kasab’s behalf, told special court judge [...]
Comments On Web May Attract Libel, Criminal Cases
New Delhi: A 19-year-old blogger’s case could forever change the ground rules of blogging. Bloggers may no longer express their uninhibited views on everything under the sun, for the Supreme Court said they may face libel and even prosecution for the blog content.
It will no longer [...]
Now that’s such a phrase that’s been ingrained in our minds since the very childhood… The boys are told that its a male dominated world, so they don’t have to worry, just dominate the world. Girls on the other hand are continuously taught, that since its a male dominated world out there, so they need [...]
All the characters in the article are imaginary and have no resemblance to any person living or dead. Any co-incidence is purely co-incidental.
Priyanka is a confused girl. They want her to get married to a rich guy as Priyanka is their only daughter and they expect their potential son-in-law to take [...]
Blog is no private domain – No Value for the Constitutional Rights
Comments On Web May Attract Libel, Criminal Cases
New Delhi: A 19-year-old blogger’s case could forever change the ground rules of blogging. Bloggers may no longer express their uninhibited views on everything under the sun, for the Supreme Court said they may face libel and even prosecution for the blog content.
It will no longer [...]