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The writer is a women�??s rights lawyer

God Save the Honble Supreme Court, By Fali S Nariman, Penguin, Rs 699

When rivalry trumped decorum in the highest court

One can discern a note of despair in the title of Fali Nariman's book, God Save the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

13 April 2019 11:29 PM

Idea Sakhi works on all smartphones and feature phones, and even if the customer does not have any voice or data balance - thus ensuring that the service can be easily accessible to women whenever they need to use it.

Manifest perversity' of N-E editor's sentence

The article implied that Mr Sen had ordered for several facilities to be provided not only to retired judges, but also...

21 March 2019 8:54 PM

There was ample scope for the surrogate mothers fundamental rights to be trampled upon by doctors and/or surrogate parents. (Representational Image)

Wombs for free is the new Indian ethos'

With this Bill a flourishing trade of international surrogacy has come to a grinding halt.

26 Dec 2018 1:03 AM

The right is inherent and can be availed of by any coparcener, now even a daughter who is a coparcener, said SC.

Inherent rights of daughters upheld

The Supreme Court judgement on the inheritance rights of Hindu women pronounced on February 1, 2018, will have a far...

22 Dec 2018 6:35 PM

Women who are speaking out today are doing so only after having negotiated the hierarchies of power and who have achieved some level of inner confidence to speak.

#MeToo: Reform the Act for workplaces

The Act deals only with situations where the complainant and perpetrator work in the same organisation.

2 Dec 2018 9:49 PM

Now, male behaviour is on the radar too; a rising number of women are saying no to unsafe workspaces, for themselves and others. This is one of the biggest achievements of the #MeToo campaign. (Photo: Pixabay/Representational)

Will #MeToo lead to lasting changes?

The #MeToo movement provided them a forum to vent out their anguish which they had harboured for decades to bring in a...

24 Oct 2018 7:18 PM

Poet-Social activist Varavara Rao

The force of a dissenting verdict

In his dissenting verdict, Justice Chandrachud disagreed with the views of then Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice...

11 Oct 2018 8:33 PM

Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

Husband not master of wife: Relic of past axed

The law making adultery an offence was archaic and amounted to a clear violation of the fundamental rights, they...

28 Sept 2018 7:06 PM

A five-judge Supreme Court Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar will on Tuesday pronounce a verdict on pleas challenging the validity of triple talaq (divorce) in the Muslim community. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Outlawing triple talaq will not help women

An incarcerated husband will not be in a position to pay maintenance.

23 Sept 2018 7:59 PM

(Representational image)

Equality within communities the key, not between communities

Rather than enacting a UCC, the Law Commission has recommended that family laws of every religion must be reformed to...

11 Sept 2018 8:07 PM

A five-judge Supreme Court Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar will on Tuesday pronounce a verdict on pleas challenging the validity of triple talaq (divorce) in the Muslim community. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Contrast 'pre-nups' with a conditional 'nikahnama'

Most Muslim women are unaware of their right to stipulate conditions in their nikahnama.

28 Aug 2018 7:43 PM

Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Will a stringent anti-trafficking law really protect women?

Trafficking under this bill also includes begging, domestic work, farm or factory work.

20 Aug 2018 7:25 PM