A Change is to Come: Understanding Sexual Harassment Laws in the Indian Workplace Abha Singh meets Women and Child Development Minister, Mr. Indeevar Pandey at Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi to address concerns with POSH Act 2013 Abha Singh, as one…
In a significant legal development, the Uttaranchal High Court, in a recent ruling on 9th August 2023, has expanded the scope of Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) by affirming that mothers can also be held liable…
On 23 August 2023, the division bench consisting Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula in Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee v. State (NCT of Delhi), passed an order to set up a committee while referring to…
Introduction Recently, the 22nd Law Commission reignited the debate regarding the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code in the country by issuing a notice and seeking the views of religious organizations and the public on the issue of UCC. The…
Homosexuality in India Prior to 2018, adoption by same-sex couples in India faced significant legal barriers. However, a landmark Supreme Court ruling in the case of Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India decriminalised homosexuality and affirmed the fundamental rights…
What Is Surrogacy Surrogacy is an arrangement, often supported by a legal agreement, whereby a woman agrees to deliver/labor on behalf of another couple or person, who will become the child’s parent(s) after birth. When Is It Usually Sought? People…
Minutes before a 34-year-old school teacher Sakshi Ahuja could board a train to Chandigarh from New Delhi railway station, she was electrocuted outside the premises after accidentally coming in contact with a live wire amid rainfall on sunday. [source: the…
Introduction Digital Pornography implies the distributing, circulating or planning porn by utilizing the internet. Raj Kundra has been reserved under section 420 (cheating), 34 (common intention), 292 and 293 (identified with disgusting and profane ads and presentations) of Indian Penal…
NRI marriages, as is commonly understood, are between an Indian woman from India and an Indian man living in another country (thus NRI non-resident Indian), either as an Indian citizen (NRI) or as a citizen of that other country (when…
Recently an FIR was filed against a 29-year old man from Navi Mumbai for allegedly having used Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb’s picture on his WhatsApp status. The accused has been booked under: Section 153A IPC: promoting enmity between different groups on…