A few days back I shared this quote picture on social media and it created a storm. Since 2012, I am working against feminism by different mediums. And since then feminists have attacked me. If you go to my Facebook profile there are more than 200 shares of this quote. Some people are angry and…
Domestic violence refers to the violence and abuse which happens in a domestic setting like cohabitation or marriage. It is important to remember that domestic violence is not just physical but any kind of behaviour that tries to gain power and control over the victim. It can affect people from all walks of life and it…
The United Nations defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.” Intimate partner violence refers to behaviour…
Article: DOWRY SYSTEM IN THE INDIAN SOCIETY In India, the marital custom of dowry is widely spread. Dowry is the transfer of wealth has from the bride’s side to the groom’s side. It includes clothes, appliances, automobiles, property, jewellery, money, furniture etc. Traditionally, there have been many reasons for the establishment of this technique. It…
The word “adultery” is derived from the French word “avoutre”, which evolved from the Latin verb “adulterium”, which means “corruption”. The dictionary of adultery means that a married man commits adultery if he has sex with an unmarried woman. According to Indian law, Article 497 of the IPC criminalizes adultery and imprisonment and fines of…
Domestic Violence Act 2005 is an act of the Parliament of India enacted to guard women from domestic violence. It was brought into an action by Indian Government and Ministry of Women and Child Development on 26 October 2006. It includes other forms of violence such as emotional, sexual and economic abuse. It is a…
Arnesh Kumar vs State Of Bihar & Anr Bench- Chandramauli Kr. Prasad, Pinaki Chandra Ghose Arnesh Kumar v. the State of Bihar is a landmark judgment, which was pronounced by the Apex Court as it imposed further checks and balances on the powers of the police before an arrest under section 498-A of Cr.P.C can be done which deals with dowry cases. Facts of the…
In India, the law of adultery is punishable under section 497 of the IPC, but originally the framers of the code did not make adultery an offence punishable under the Code, it was the Second law commission which after giving mature consideration to the subject, came to the conclusion that it was not advisable to…
Most Indian laws have inherently patriarchal and sexist origins, especially the ones relating to marriage. The consequences of such restrictive and regressive provisions become apparent in the case of gender based or minority crimes. One of these problematic provisions is Exception 2 of Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 which reads: “sexual intercourse…
Polygamy means a system of marriage whereby a person has more than one spouse. Thus polygamy became illegal in India in 1956, uniformly for all of its citizens except for Muslims, who are permitted to have four wives and for Hindus in Goa and along the western coast where bigamy is legal. A polygamous Hindu marriage is null and void. While the punishment specified in Sections 494 and 495…
