The question that whether the Judiciary is a state under Article 12 of the Constitution of India arouse for consideration of the Supreme Court of India in NARESH V. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[1]. However, the judiciary, it is said, though not expressly mentioned under Article 12, it should be included within…
Empowerment in real sense does not mean necessarily rising money, income or longer life span. A woman may live in midst material comfort in a luxurious palace and yet be powerless in terms of self assession or autonomy over her own life. Ensuring equality in all spheres of life by…
The maintenance law of Muslim divorced women is used by the Muslim husband as a weapon to protect themselves from the liability of maintaining their wives. Prior to amendment, as per section 125 Cr.P.C. (Criminal Procedure Code), maintenance is granted only to the ‘Wife’ and therefore the husband started taking defence that the divorced…
Female feticide–the selective abortion of female fetuses–is killing upwards of one million females in India annually with far-ranging and tragic consequences. Foeticide is an act that causes death of the fetus. In a legal context it is referred as ‘Fatal Homicide’ or ‘Child destruction’. India is the only country of…
Capital punishment, Death Penalty, or execution is the infliction of death upon a person by judicial process as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The practice of capital Punishment is as old as government itself.…
