Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC raps Centre for not publicising order on female foeticide May 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the conduct of Centre, Delhi government and various states for not giving wide publicity to its directions on female foeticide for strict implementation of law prohibiting sex determination.A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant slammed Bihar government over “low” prosecution rate of cases relating […] Read more » female foeticide publicising order on female foeticide SC raps Centre SC raps Centre on female foeticide
Criminal Law News Female foeticide a deep shame: Modi October 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment is a matter of “deep shame” and a “cause of great concern”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday, the International Day of the Girl Child. “On International Day of the Girl Child we celebrate the achievements of our daughters. From the classroom to sports, they shine everywhere,” he said in a tweet. The prime minister […] Read more » female foeticide
Top Law News SC fumes over sex tests, female foeticide February 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed its concern over the deteriorating sex ratio and chided state governments over their failure to check sex determination clinics and punish law violators fuelling female foeticide. “People have a belief that if they don’t have a male child they will go to narak (hell)”, the court said, asking “where is […] Read more » female foeticide Justice Dipak Misra Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan sex tests
Top Law News Female foeticide: Maharashtra doctor in police custody June 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A doctor and two midwives were on Sunday remanded to police custody till June 6 by a Maharashtra court for allegedly dumping two female foetuses under a flyover here. “The magistrate’s court has remanded doctor Shivaji Sanap and midwives Javadebai and Ghighebai to police custody till June 6. They were taken into custody late Saturday […] Read more » female foeticide Maharashtra doctor in police custody
Top Law News Falling child sex ratio is national shame: PM April 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Calling for a “crusade” to curb bias against women, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the practice of female foeticide and infanticide was a “national shame”. Addressing bureaucrats at a function here, Manmohan Singh said Indian girls and women “have done us proud in classrooms, in boardrooms and on the sports field. They have […] Read more » child sex ratio female foeticide infanticide national shame PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
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
