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

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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
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Marital Rape in India

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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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The type of mediator one needs as well as deserve-Attributes of a good mediator

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This Blog is written By Mr.  Hrishikesh Jaiswal  Student of NLIU, Bhopal. Defining Mediation is very challenging, but if we are to define it, the aptest word would be to consider it to be a mode of conciliation that has had a long history and as of late has increased as a method of legal reconciliation. The reason for this being that mediation is a system that poses many attractive advantages, namely, proving each party with full control over the procedural method of the session as well as allowing each party to have autonomy over the outcome over their session. [1] The word ‘mediation’ is derived from the Latin term ‘ medicare’ which means to be in middle. [2] The basic principles of mediation are Confidentiality; Willingness; Legality; Inexpensiveness etc. [3] In the mediation proceedings, a mediator is a neutral third party [4] which uses effective and specialized communication and negotiation techniques [5] and thus aids the parties in arriving at an amicable settlement. [6]
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