Law And Women
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Women in live-in relationships are treated like concubines, says Rajasthan Human Rights Commission
The rights body said it was the responsibility of the state and central governments to protect women and introduce a separate law for cohabiting.
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Triple talaq case petitioner Ishrat Jahan says she may move Supreme Court against polygamy
Jahan said she will also fight for the right of Muslim women to get at least half their husband’s property during divorce.
Scroll Staff
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Misuse of Section 498A: SC modifies earlier order, says welfare committees not needed in dowry cases
The top court had in 2017 ordered the constitution of the committees in every district to look into cases filed under the section.
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Trending
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A journalist examines the similarities and the differences between Indians and Pakistanis today
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Does India really benefit from NRIs heading the world’s new-age empires?
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The unsolved mystery of the fake PMO officer in Kashmir
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Calls for an environment-friendly Ramzan revive Islam’s long tradition of caring for the planet
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‘Rahul Gandhi has power of truth’: Opposition alleges vendetta after conviction in defamation case
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Centre proposes to ban ‘indecent representation’ of women through digital means
The Ministry of Women and Child Development made the proposals after inputs received from a parliamentary panel that was formed to update the law.
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Forced marriage: Supreme Court orders police protection for Karnataka politician’s daughter
The woman’s lawyer pointed out that the Hindu Marriage Act does not mention consent and urged the court to make consent mandatory under the law.
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‘Should consent be mandatory under Hindu Marriage Act?’ SC asks Centre, Karnataka to respond to PIL
The petition was filed by the daughter of a Karnataka politician claiming to have been forcibly married.
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Video
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Watch: SUV is stranded in the middle of a river, passengers have to be rescued
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‘Can you feel it?’ Watch Jennifer Aniston and Jimmy Fallon guess what’s inside mystery box
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Watch: Massive fire breaks out in a factory in Gujarat’s Valsad, huge plume of smoke covers the sky
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Caught on camera: The moment when a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing in Bangladesh
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‘A reporter is arrested under a law meant for terrorists...’: A newspaper editor on press freedom
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Unmarried women can claim maintenance from fathers if their parents are separated, says Bombay HC
The judge cited earlier judgments that ruled in favour of unmarried financially dependent major daughters even if they do not suffer from a disability.
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Parsi woman who married outside community can enter tower of silence, panchayat tells Supreme Court
Goolrukh Gupta had challenged a high court order upholding Parsi law that does not allow a woman who has married outside the community to enter Parsi temples.
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Constitution bench to decide whether a woman marrying outside faith can be deemed to have converted
The Supreme Court was hearing a plea against a Gujarat High Court verdict, which said a Parsi woman is deemed to have converted after marrying a Hindu man.
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The Reel
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ review: Even higher stakes and crazier action
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Watch: Oppression and rebellion in Independence-era drama ‘August 16 1947’
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‘Gumraah’ trailer: Crime thriller stars Aditya Roy Kapur in a double role, Mrunal Thakur as a cop
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How OP Nayyar was one of the original disruptors of Hindi film music
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Watch: The blunder years in ‘School College Ani Life’ starring Tejasswi Prakash, Karan Parab
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Shani Shingnapur row: Trupti Desai, activists detained after trying to enter temple
Locals stopped them from entering the temple’s inner sanctum after the Bombay High Court ruled that all places of worship in the state should be open to women.
Scroll Staff
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How an SC ruling allowing financial settlement in a marital cruelty case hurts women's rights
If financial compromises are allowed, harassed women could be denied justice by being coerced into accepting settlements.
Saurav Datta