Seminar Invitation: DV & Gender Neutrality,Chennai, 23/10/10(Saturday, 2.30PM) 22 Oct 2010 | 09:24 pm

Seminar: “SHOULD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT BE GENDER NEUTRAL” on 23rd October, Saturday, 2010 in between 2.30 & 5.30pm, venue : Auditorium- Madras School of Social Work. Please find the invitation below. ...

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New marriage law for Muslim women 19 Mar 2008 | 05:41 pm

The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) has released the Shariat Nikahnama that they claim would give equal rights to both Muslim men and women. Women belonging to both the Shiite and...

Legal nuances ‘free’ dowry death accused 18 Mar 2008 | 04:41 pm

MUMBAI: Legal technicality came in the way of justice. A sessions court on Monday acquitted four accused in a dowry death case because the victim’s dying declaration was not recorded by a special exe...

Minor elopes with sister’s husband, surrenders 18 Mar 2008 | 04:34 pm

MUMBAI: A 17-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted from her college surrendered before the Malad police with her sister’s husband on Wednesday. The class XII student of SNDT College told the police...

Women Cann`t kill ? 18 Mar 2008 | 04:13 pm

MUMBAI: A teenage girl here allegedly killed her close friend by poisoning her and then tried to commit suicide, the police said Monday. The 17-year-old was angry with her friend Ignis Joseph because...

More women now raise voice against dowry 18 Mar 2008 | 03:57 pm

The number of cases reported in the past five years has almost doubled //Yea TRUE, but out of all 98% are False, As per Renuka Chowdhury – eDitor MUMBAI: The number of dowry-related cases being repo...

Parents-in-law can’t be forced to maintain daughter-in-law: SC 17 Mar 2008 | 04:18 pm

New Delhi: The latest round of `Saas-Bahu ki ladai’ has gone decisively in favour of the motherin-law. The Supreme Court has ruled that a woman, if neglected by her husband, cannot eye her mother-in-...

Boy knocked down, burnt alive for seeking damages 16 Mar 2008 | 05:45 pm

 //If same thing happened to a Girl in India, all media will make such big issue, give their own special story, that she was tortured, Kidnapped,Raped,butchered and Burnt alive. But if a Man or Boy di...

SMSes and emails can be used as evidence: Judge 16 Mar 2008 | 04:09 am

Pune, December 31 Can a child’s testimony be used to verify his father’s hostility towards his mother? How can you prove if a wife’s death was accidental, a suicide or a consequence of marital harassm...