Media & Entertainment News 50 percent women married as minors: Experts March 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Nearly 50 percent of marriages in India involve minors – children under the age of 18 years, thanks to the poor implementation of the law, experts said Monday. ‘The consequence of child marriage is in conflict with the development aspirations of the country,’ Ranjana Kumari, president of the WomenPowerConnect (WPC), said at a national workshop […] Read more » 50 percent child marriage domestic violence Experts female foeticide married minors' Prohibition of Child marriage Act women WomenPowerConnect WPC
Top Law News ‘Domestic violence law gives no right to seek maintenance’ August 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on ‘Domestic violence law gives no right to seek maintenance’ The Delhi High Court Tuesday held that the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 does not give a woman any additional right to claim maintenance from husband. Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra, while dismissing the petition of Rachna Kathuria, said the act only puts on fast track the enforcement of existing right of maintenance […] Read more » domestic violence maintenance' no right
Top Law News Women too can be booked for domestic violence, rules court June 4, 2010 / June 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Friday ruled that mother-in-law too can be charged under the Domestic Violence Act. A division bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ajit Bharihoke said, “It is common knowledge that in case a wife is harassed by husband, other family members may also join him in treating her cruelly. And […] Read more » domestic violence