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Empowerment of Indian women: Amendments in Hindu Succession act, 1956

- October 31, 2020

This Blog is written By Miss. Vaasawa Sharma Pursuing Ph.D. from Amity University, Gurugram. Abstract: In the ancient times, the position of women was very respectable and pious. In our epics such as Mahabharata and Ramayan, women have treated the root of Dharmas. She was always being given the position of between half of her husband. But with the advent of time, the position of women gradually declined. In the period of dharma shastras and Puranas, the girls were not given the proper opportunity to gain an education. Many of our customs and traditions were in force which astonishingly made women suffer a lot. In the 21 st century, certain laws and regulations were made o give women, a better position and equal status with men. One such change includes the major amendment made in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 in 2005 which has given rights to daughters in coparcenary property. Many other changes were also being made to improve the status of women in coparcenary property so that

RAPE: AN ALARMING CALL FOR THE NEED OF STRICT LAWS IN INDIA

- October 24, 2020

This Blog is written By Miss. Tarana Noor Student of R ajasthan school of law for women, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Introduction Rape is the 4th most common crime in India. India tops the list of the world's most dangerous countries for women. Men here have raped 4-5-8-month-old babies to 86-90 years old woman. India which was once known for its culture is drastically changing into a dangerous place for all the women out there. Every hour, every second when a woman is out there she is worried about her safety and what if the same can happen to her that has happened to other innocent lives. A woman cannot step outside her house because now she questions herself with many ifs and buts. What if she is next? Will she be alive the next moment or not? Are the men around her safe or not? Can she be outside when it's dark? Whether what she should wear in order to be able to return home safely? Take a moment to think what if we would have taught the men of this country about how they shou

All contracts are agreements but all agreements are not contracts

- October 08, 2020

This Blog is written By Mr. Rajdeep Singh Chauhan Student of Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida. According to Salmond- “A contract is an agreement creating and defining obligation between two or more persons by which rights are acquired by one or more to acts or forbearance on the part of others” According to Pollack- “Every agreement and promise enforceable at law is a contract” Section 2(h) of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 clearly defines that “An Agreement enforceable by Law is a Contract”, it means such Agreements which is enforceable by Law will only consider as a Contract and apart from that those such Agreements which is not enforceable by law, could not consider as Contract. And such Section talk about only a particular Agreement which contains legal enforceability is a Contract, so now we can say all Contracts are Agreements. It is first and very important the aspect that clearly stated that all contracts are agreements but all agreements are not contracts. There are two importa

Marital Rape in India

- September 23, 2020

This Blog is written By Miss. Khushboo Rathore Student of Rajasthan School Of Law For Women, Jaipur, Rajasthan Introduction “He pushes me on the bed and jumps on me if making love to him was not an option but an obligation” ~ Simar Singh (The Legal Rapist) It’s 2020, And we all feel that as the years pass India is progressing and developing a lot and it’s absolutely true that with time India is progressing and developing a lot. But so far no action is being taken for some specific things in India, no Rules or Acts are being made. And Marital Rape is one of them. India remains one of 36 countries where it is not a crime. Most countries in the world recognize Marital Rape is rape and that rape is a crime. So, what’s holding India, a burgeoning ‘superpower’ back? Why it’s still legal for Indian men to Rape their Wives? Why are Indian laws still confused about this? The question that is most often raised i

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Empowerment of Indian women: Amendments in Hindu Succession act, 1956

RAPE: AN ALARMING CALL FOR THE NEED OF STRICT LAWS IN INDIA

All contracts are agreements but all agreements are not contracts

Marital Rape in India