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A bench of Justices MB Lokur and Deepak Gupta, which criminalised sex with a minor wife in a landmark verdict on Wednesday, referred to a study conducted on child marriages, based on 2011 census. (Photo: Representational/File)

Abandon wife, lose properties: Govt crackdown on 'absconding' NRIs

The MEA has written to the ministries of law and home to consider the proposed amendments in the CrPC pertaining to...

13 Feb 2018 12:16 PM IST

Andie MacDowell has spoken out in reaction to Alabama signing through the most stringent abortion legislation in the US. (Photo:AP)

Missouri might be the only US state without access to legal abortion

Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Friday signed a bill banning abortion beginning in the eighth week of pregnancy.

29 May 2019 10:57 AM IST

On Wednesday, Alabama banned abortions at any time, with the same exception. (Photo:AP)

Missouri follows Alabama; passes law that would ban abortion after 8...

The legislation allows for an abortion after the eighth week only in the case of medical emergencies.

18 May 2019 12:30 PM IST

Experts also denied that the rise crimes against women does not mean Mumbai is no longer safe for women.

NCW receives 2,043 cases of crimes against women in June; highest in...

According to the National Commission for Women (NCW) data, 452 complaints of domestic violence were received in June...

3 July 2020 4:18 PM IST

Supreme Court of India

Daughters have equal coparcenary rights in Hindu family property:...

The amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 granting equal rights to daughters to inherit property would have...

11 Aug 2020 5:15 PM IST

The Supreme Court had on Tuesday set up a nine-judge bench to decide if the contentious issue of right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution. (Photo: PTI/File)

5-judge Constitution bench may hear pleas challenging Article 35A: SC

The SC tagged a plea challenging Article 35A of the Constitution with a similar pending petition to be heard by a...

14 Aug 2017 9:23 PM IST

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Mumbai: Women activists enter Haji Ali Dargah's inner sanctum

In 2011, dargah's board of trustees had imposed a ban on women's entry calling it a 'grievous sin'.

29 Nov 2016 4:31 PM IST