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 Uphold dignity of women, Delhi Police told March 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has censured Delhi Police over a girl with a plastered leg being dragged in a court complex, saying the dignity of women must be upheld. ‘The commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports alleging that a young girl having plaster in her leg was dragged by police […] Read more » Delhi Police Delhi Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta DIGNITY National Human Rights Commission Uphold women
Top Law News Merit seat reserved for women can be given to men: Court March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment If requisite merit is not available for the seats reserved for women, the seat can be given to male candidates, the Gujarat High Court has ruled. Justice Jayant Patel and Justice J.C. Upadhayaya has ruled that reservation for women is horizontal and not vertical. ‘In respect of seats for women, the merit will be at […] Read more » Court Gujarat High Court Justice J.C. Upadhayaya Justice Jayant Patel men Merit reserved seat women
Top Law News Respect women, says Delhi government posters December 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In the wake of rising crime against women, the Delhi government has decided to launch a poster campaign in the city asking people to respect women, an official said Wednesday. “Delhi’s information department has finalised a plan in this regard and it will be implemented in two or three days. This has been done at […] Read more » Respect women
Top Law News UN campaign to protect Delhi women from violence November 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The United Nations Development Fund for Women (Unifem) Monday launched a programme here with the aim of checking violence against women and adolescent girls in public space. Delhi is one of the five cities across the world selected for the ‘Safe Cities’ programme. The other four cities where the programme, ‘Global Safe Cities Free of […] Read more » campaign Delhi UN violence women
Top Law News ‘Rural women help Himachal fight open defecation’ October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rural women in Himachal Pradesh have emerged as the driving force behind wiping out the menace of open defecation, a global expert said here Sunday. ‘The women have proved themselves as instrumental towards bringing about behavioural changes in the orthodox Indian society about sanitation and hygiene,’ said Christopher Juan Costain, regional team leader of Water […] Read more » defecation fight Himachal Rural women
Top Law News Spread awareness on schemes for needy women, court tells Delhi October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking note of a destitute woman’s death after she gave birth to a baby on a pavement here in July, the Delhi High Court Wednesday suggested to the Delhi government to spread awareness about welfare schemes meant for needy women. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan asked the government to explore […] Read more » awareness Court Delhi needy schemes spread women
Top Law News Rights of women in live-in relations under court lens October 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on the question whether a woman in a live-in relationship or under the mistaken belief of being the wife of an already married man was entitled to maintenance. The court will also interpret the provision of the Protection of Woman from Domestic Violence law which talks about live-in […] Read more » Court lens live-in relations rights under women
Top Law News Court seeks answers on permanent service for women army officers October 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday questioned the central government over the army’s branches, other than those dealing with education and legal matters, in which women officers could be give permanent commission. An apex court bench of Justice J.M. Panchal and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra questioned the government after it was told that there were several other […] Read more » army officers permanent service women
Top Law News Crime against women rising in India: NCW member September 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Crime against women rising in India: NCW member A case of violence against a woman is registered in India every three minutes and every 29 minutes a woman is raped, National Commission for Women (NCW) member Wansuk Syiem said here Friday. Citing National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, Syiem said: “Over 7,600 women are killed each year because their in-laws consider the dowry […] Read more » against Crime India NCW member rising women
Top Law News Lawyers demand more women courts and judges September 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A group of lawyers has sent a representation to the chief justice of Delhi High Court seeking more women courts as well as judges to deal with cases of marital discord. The representation, signed by about 150 lawyers led by Rubinder Pal Ghumman, said there were inadequate number of courts and judges to deal with […] Read more » courts demand judges lawyers women
Top Law News Women get equal rights to become guardians, adopt children September 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Women get equal rights to become guardians, adopt children President Pratibha Patil has signed into law a bill giving Indian women equal rights as men in adopting children and becoming guardians of minors, including their own children, it was announced on Thursday. The president removed the age-old gender discrimination against women by giving her assent to the Personal Laws Amendment Bill, 2010, which was […] Read more » adopt children equal guardians rights women